Fifty million more cars and no more money to fix the potholes

A short history of non-spending on our roads

I have seen plenty of elections in this plucky little county of ours. In every one of them there been plenty of noise about law and order, and about the cost of living, and about the government that’s sending us broke. But this is the first time I’ve ever heard so much noise about potholes.

Who’s to blame for this? What has caused all these potholes to a…