Author Archives: leonmannings

Phew what a Clanger! Red faced boys in blue on Merseyside are nicked as spy in sky drone is grounded a week after first arrest

They say that what goes around comes around and what goes up must surely come down. But sometimes these things happen embarrassingly fast and that is certainly the case for the red faced boys in blue on Merseyside…
Within a week of the Liverpool police delight at their first arrest using a remote controlled spy in the […]

Are spy-in-sky camera drones really the best way to police Britain’s roads or just a new option to boost PCN revenue and profits from high-tech war machines?

It would seem that our real Big Brother in Britain plans to use unmanned spy drone cameras to look after us even better than before. Ah, how lovely you may think. But maybe not…
Frankly, I am quite concerned by the idea of UK police using such high-tech spy-in-the-sky kit, currently deployed in war zones like Afghanistan, […]

Record depths reached in push to be Britain’s top ‘Robber Baron’, just another cut in ‘free’ parking, or could this be good news for bike parking tax opponents?…

I am rarely surprised by the depths that a desperate politician will plunge to, while trying to justify action that stinks. In my experience this often happens when a plan for a government move is being pushed that is nothing more than state backed extortion or highway robbery – and that looks to most law […]

Let it snow let it snow let it snow – and let the traffic slow to a shambolic halt in London

Buses, cars, vans and trucks have been stuck in a chaotic mess in London during the last two days. At surface level this seems to be due to an inch or so of snow and temperatures dropping just below freezing for a few hours – and a failure by our traffic managers to cope with […]

Transport professionals faith in climate change agenda takes big hit as top UK Journal describes ‘major blow’ to public trust

Although the title and content of Local Transport Today (LTT) might suggest that its greatest role might be as the featured anorak mag on Have I Got News for you, it is a twice monthly bible and font of wisdom for the top, and most influential transport professionals in Britain.
And, as such, it is likely that […]