The modern railway network turns 200 this month and is currently one of the greenest forms of transport. But unless focus shifts from profits to people, Britain won’t benefit from it, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
IF you are trying to find a podcast to listen to, but your ears are curling over and closing in disgust at the endless lapping of sensible centrist soundwaves, I might have an answer.
Listening to podcasts — including those full of political chat — is an increasingly popular pastime. But it can be a bit of a struggle to find a podcast that doesn’t have some horror like Alastair Campbell, Rory Stewart, Emily Maitlis, Alastair Campbell, Jon Sopel, Jess Phillips, Alastair Campbell, Ed Balls, or even Alastair Campbell bombastically blabbing along.
But here is one solution. The Labour Left Podcast has been running for around a year now. It’s a podcast which manages to combine the grit of the grassroots with the surprising, entertaining and informative.