Lee Waters on Breaking Orthodoxy to Achieve Real Change
Lee Waters did something unfashionable in modern politics: he led.
As both ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐, he curtailed road-building, introduced a national 20mph speed limit and set in motion reforms to create an integrated, publicly owned transport network.
This episode is a masterclass in the reality of political change: why transport is so often overlooked, how to challenge decades of car-first orthodoxy and why evidence-based policy isnโt enough without political courage.
Katie-Lee English on The Treasury
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Katie-Lee English knows all about the Treasury and reveals all
Andrew Adonis on Politics and Transport Secretaries
Former Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis talks openly about what it takes to succeed as a minister - and why most politicians achieve nothing
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