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Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic idea in UK?
(www.theguardian.com)
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Because Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of UK describes 15-minute cities as an attack on Motorists and vows to abolish such things.
It's amazing how some sociopaths destroy everything if some money is thrown their way.
This is in Oxford. Stop the buses and 15 minute city to help the traffic flow...
Oh is that where all the Kippers are now?
I'm new to the area, what's a Kipper?
All the old UKIP boys who, having finally achieved their lifelong dream of decimating the British export economy, will have inevitably turned their attentions to other equally worthy and progressive causes, such as bringing back smoking in pubs.
Lmfao