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 Probably the single most popular thing I did (with colleagues) when in local govt was get 20mph limits rolled out on every road in my local town (pop 10k). Either the swing voters of English marginal constituencies are a different breed, or Sunak's advisors have given up going door to door.

#20sPlenty 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/sep/29/rishi-sunak-anti-car-policies-tories-20mph-speed-zones-ulez-keir-starmer-uk-politics-latest 
 More on pricing:

After a pub chain introduced 'dynamic' or 'surge' pricing to raise margins at t... 
 @43d7c4ea Back in 1990s Oslo I recall there was a bar (near the stock exchange of course) that had dynamic pricing. A gimmick for brokers iirc. Not a regular there as it wasn't my scene, but I've this mental image of the customers responding to the dynamic pricing by running secondary markets in drinks from their tables.

#Norsktut 
 nostr:npub1qgrggddcl7tehvh5nepn2ujykrfgdrnmhu66ysr82p4nlh4u2nhqlns7d7 Thank you! Rob made for a u... 
 @b80d3ef0 I haven't spoken to him for far too long - delighted to know he's still knocking out the miles at high speed. 
 @b80d3ef0 That's a beautiful route, good work. Delighted to see Rob Waller topping the leaderboard.