Odd This Day

oddthisday.bsky.social

15 October 2026 10:41

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

David Kernohan

davidkernohan.bsky.social

16 September 2026 11:14

This is complete rubbish - Policy formulation is protected as something that can be exempted from release

Sergio Dellepiane

sergiodellep.bsky.social

10 September 2026 13:13

Thanks for writing this. My takeaway is that most of the time it works a little and the opportunity cost is often not favorable. I would argue that this is true for a lot of initiatives, it is very hard to find single policies that work at scale, and (often) those can be part of a complex strategy

Christian Odendahl

codendahl.bsky.social

10 September 2026 12:31

Means testing is not that hard for pensioners, but I take your point: simplicity is an important part of this.

Tom

tomrees.eurosky.social

10 September 2026 12:25

It's also a way of providing a subsidy. Council takes money from parking charges and gives it to the bus company in exchange for free off peak for pensioners. Bus company can run otherwise uneconomic routes, council gets kidos, and parking fees seen to benefit drivers by keeping cars off the road