Andrew Davis's blog

The Prime Minister has made a big mistake by ruling out road user charging on existing strategic roads, according to the Environmental Transport Association (ETA).

We have quite a car industry in this country. The Japanese companies: Nissan, Honda and Toyota make around a million vehicles a year; the Indian, German and American companies make around 280,000 vehicles a year each. Including the smaller companies we make a shade under two million cars a year.

I welcome The Times campaign for cyclist safety for the single reason that it raises the debate to a wider public.

It was reported today that some in the entertainment and tourism industry wanted a reduction on the VAT paid for their services. They cited that there would be a special boost to the economy if this were done.

Borgen, the new political drama from Denmark, shows how different life can be. Denmark appears to be a society that is more at ease with itself than our own.

When I was at school my town gave me a free pass to get there by bus and train. This was my right, apparently, because I lived over three miles from my school.

I thought that such a gift was overindulgence – it was not as if I lived in a rural area and that I was travelling to my nearest school. I chose to go to the school and I passed many other schools along the way.