Fix Hammersmith Bridge to jolt Britain out of degrowth daydream Opinion The seven-year closure of Hammersmith Bridge is emblematic of British decline. The government must now take responsibility, says Neil Garratt “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” We might picture a bewhiskered Victorian Londoner contemplating those words in Arthur Conan Doyle’s latest novel, The Sign of the Four, [...]
To rebuild Britain we should start with Hammersmith Bridge Opinion Handsome, historic but functionally broken, Hammersmith Bridge has come to symbolise Britain's problems, writes Felix Pivcevic.
London could have new bridges for free – but we’re funding Nimbys and woke charities instead Opinion The City Bridge Foundation is an ancient fund with deep pockets whose specific purpose is to build and maintain London’s bridges – so why is it paying for woke charities and indirectly giving money to Nimby groups? Asks John Murphy “Politics is all about trade-offs,” we’re told. “You can’t please everyone,” says the wizened old [...]
Car crash interview: City minister trips up over £10bn infrastructure project June 16, 2025 City minister Emma Reynolds was flummoxed by a series of questions about the government’s recent infrastructure announcements in a variously tense and cringe-inducing interview on LBC on Monday morning. Just seconds into the exchange with Nick Ferrari, Reynolds misspoke and called the Dartford Tunnel – in Kent – the Dartmouth Tunnel – in Devon – [...]
If our politicians can’t fix Hammersmith Bridge how will they ever fix the country? April 23, 2024 Hammersmith Bridge has been closed for five years as politicians have repeatedly passed the buck. It’s just one example of how the British state repeatedly fails to take big decisions and see them through, says Adam Hawksbee How many politicians does it take to rebuild a bridge? In Pennsylvania, the answer is one. Last summer [...]