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John Oxley

City A.M.

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The anti-sex, anti-fun godmother of Nimbys who gummed up modern Britain

The anti-sex, anti-fun godmother of Nimbys who gummed up modern Britain

Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain....

06.07.2026 10

iNews

John Oxley

Tories will become irrelevant if they keep losing in London

Budget rumours led to more staff cuts. Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images If the Conservative party can no longer rely on the votes of the...

17.01.2026 20

City A.M.

John Oxley

Why does London have no good public spaces?

Trafalgar Square, St Paul’s, the Mall? London has no truly great (and functional) public space to boast of London deserves its own great public...

21.08.2025 20

City A.M.

John Oxley

Should politicians try to understand the people behind the polling?

Image generated by Google Gemini Trying to identify different types of voters is fun, but ultimately a futile exercise in reducing people to...

18.07.2025 20

City A.M.

John Oxley

Don’t exempt Indian workers from NI, abolish it altogether

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – NOVEMBER 18: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (L) during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi...

09.05.2025 10

City A.M.

John Oxley