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Every substantive Bluesky post by Chris Curtis, classified for substance and tone — each links out to the original on Bluesky. Back to the MP page.

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@chriscurtis94.bsky.social
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Each post links out to the original on Bluesky — open it there to read the full thread and replies.

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6 Apr 2026Utilities & Watermeasured“3. Utilities When Britain lays new tram track, utility firms can demand pipes and cables are moved, and the tram builder usually pays, meaning they get more moved than is necesary. Costs are almost all paid (92.5%) for by the constructers in the UK, but split more equally in other countries.”↗
6 Apr 2026Transportmeasured“2. Gold plating Like much else, too may infrastructure projects in the UK are over-specced, which leads to extra cost. The most relevant example is track depth, where we mostly dig to 600mm, compared to 300mm in most other places.”↗
6 Apr 2026Transportmeasured“1. Environmental regs This is not about pitting nature against trams, just pointing out that you probably need less process and paperwork if laying tracks in urban areas on roads that already exist. There was 3201 pages of assessment for the West Mids metro extension, on roads that look like this.”↗
6 Apr 2026Transportsarcastic“So why don't we build more? Five reasons, including the usual cast of characters from Britain’s long running national drama, Why Can’t We Have Nice Things? 1. Environmental regulations 2. Gold plating 3. We move too many utilities 4. British overcentralisation 5. DfT don't like them”↗
6 Apr 2026Transportmeasured“This makes it harder to get across big cities within a reasonable commute time. E.g. @tomforth.co.uk estimates only 0.9 million people can reach Birmingham city centre within 30 minutes by bus. This limits agglomeration, so our second-tier cities underperform compared to the rest of Europe.”↗
6 Apr 2026Transportmeasured“It costs us nearly twice as much to build a mile of Tram track in the UK as it does in Europe, so we don't have anywhere near as many trams. Every French city with a population over 150,000 has a Mass Rapid Transit system. Only around a quarter of British place that size have one.”↗
6 Apr 2026Economy & Jobs (General)measured“Why do our second-tier cities underperform? Why do we have fewer trams in the UK? I try my best to give an answer to these two interconnected questions. chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/to-grow-th...”↗
29 Mar 2026Othermeasured“I try to explain why data quality is an increasing challenge for pollsters, and why this is a particular problem when it comes to "young men". Key bit below on the lack of an incentive to fix it, and why YouGov aren't really the baddie here.”↗
29 Mar 2026Othermeasured“After YouGov retracted their poll on young people going to church more, I wrote about why polling young people, especially young men, has become increasingly challenging. It's a growing problem, and the market research industry needs to respond. chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/young-men-...”↗
29 Mar 2026Othersarcastic“I don't understand why Peter Hitchens has a problem with us changing the clocks by just 4.167%.”↗
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Sources & methodology
SourceBluesky / AT Protocol API · author feed. Each post links to the original on bsky.app.
VerificationOnly handles linked from the MP’s own published list are ingested. Self-declared or unverified handles aren’t included.
ClassificationEach post is LLM-classified for substance (vs reposts, social mentions, scheduling), then for tone (critical / measured / supportive) per target.
WindowThe 60-day summary above; the list covers all classified substantive posts.