The Grumpy Optimist

Reflections on Life & Leadership

Category: Policy

  • ‘the headache of how’ and ‘the wonder of why

    ‘the headache of how’ and ‘the wonder of why
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    Language and framing are so important when we are thinking about how we frame public policy measures. We often need to presuppose change if we want something better. Read more

  • Is Rishi Out of Step with the Public on 20mph?

    Is Rishi Out of Step with the Public on 20mph?
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    Having gone hard at #LTNs in his The Telegraph interview over the weekend, Rishi Sunak also decided to take on the devolved administrations by moving the ‘culture wars’ to Wrexham and piling in on 20mph limits. He obviously feels that he has hit a rich vein of electoral opportunity by the taking on what he describes as ‘anti-car policies’ but is… Read more

  • The Stretch of Civil Society

    The Stretch of Civil Society
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    Despite currently sitting in a #VisionZero conference in Stockholm, supposed to be thinking about how we embed a #safesystem for road transport, facing up to the challenges of bringing about more active and sustainable communities, something gets me thinking about social change more widely. The conference has had a major focus on the role of the private sector to… Read more