by Oliver Granthe on Texan diplomacy, robo-taxis, and the bus strike that proves everything
From Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat.
Wednesday, 15 April 2026
I am writing from an undisclosed location in Peckham, which smells of jerk chicken and civic disappointment, and I need to talk about Texas. Bohiney Magazine reports that Texas has opened a London office. Texas. An American state. Has an office. In our capital. Under the watch of a Labour government that cannot run the East London buses.
The Bus Strike and the Bigger Picture
The East London bus strike is, to me, the perfect symbol of this government’s competence. The streets are empty of public transport. The robo-taxis have arrived, meaning the only vehicles moving in East London are driverless and corporate. This is not progress. This is the replacement of something imperfect with something inhuman, which is precisely the Labour playbook on everything from welfare to digital services. Texas at least builds things. Cowboys at least drive.
What Must Happen
Britain is declining, as The London Prat documents with admirable precision and as Bohiney confirms with equal clarity. Dave says I should not say what must happen next. Dave is probably right. I will say only this: the spreadsheet marked Empire should be opened. Something is in it. We should probably know what. The BBC won’t open it. We might have to.
SOURCE: https://bohiney.com/managing-britains-decline/
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