tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post2286992192527773785..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Tories’ Northern Powerhouse FraudTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-74906991706778153722015-06-27T10:44:26.137+01:002015-06-27T10:44:26.137+01:00here we go again!
it's the Cameron-Tories fau...here we go again!<br /><br />it's the Cameron-Tories fault for not supervising NR..<br /><br />it's the Major-Tories fault for privatising BR...<br /><br />and Labour are no better....<br /><br />and all are both only doing what the EU tell them....<br /><br />in the meantime, the Freemasons who have run the railways of britain for the last 60 odd years keep their heads down and carry on as normal. Junior managers will be sacked as scapegoats, hundreds of contractors will lose jobs as work dries up, unqualified "journalists" will pump out acres of piffle that explain nothing. And then it will all go quiet and nothing will change. <br /><br />"Unknown" say he feels like we live under a power bent on subjugation - very true, but they aren't foreign!!<br /><br />Jelltex says that EU rules meant NR debt became public debt. NOT TRUE. NR's debt has always been public debt, right back to the day the company was formed from the ashes of Railtrack PLC. The EU rules only mean that the risk has to be declared in national debt figures, something which both Labour and Tory governments tried to avoid doing by pretending NR was an independent company (but one which wasn't expected to make a profit and was guaranteed by the state). All that happened last year was that they gave up on the pretence and formally nationalised the company. Which means it should be McLoughlin and senior civil servants who lose their jobs.SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-12527276479362132042015-06-27T09:40:32.634+01:002015-06-27T09:40:32.634+01:00"like a foreign country to this government.&q..."like a foreign country to this government." says Shawlrat. I often feel the converse -that it feeels to me like we lost WW2 and we live under a victorious foreign power, bent only on subjugation. And I'm a Londoner.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017414585456167914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-75272049757903215082015-06-26T15:00:52.936+01:002015-06-26T15:00:52.936+01:00I the change that took place last year where EU ru...I the change that took place last year where EU rules meant that NR's debt became a public debt meant it was untenable. But this has been coming a long while, and that even after the election Gideon was still talking about the Northern Powerhouse. All hot air, and lies of course.<br /><br />Still to be tackled is the vast cost over-runs, and even how NR comes up with its costs on even simple work, like the Todmorden Curve.<br /><br />And then the deep cooperation between NR and SWT has been scrapped, and yet Branson is on the BBC say give Virgin the tracks to look after too. That Britain is the safest railway in Europe, how will that continue under Tricky Dicky?jelltexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483033378856955912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-30299287884993742882015-06-26T13:37:20.454+01:002015-06-26T13:37:20.454+01:00Coincidentally, Osbo is MP for Tatton in NW Englan...Coincidentally, Osbo is MP for Tatton in NW England. He was always going to big up the Northern Powerhouse as a vote catcher even though he must have known the rail upgrades weren't going to happen.<br />It amazes me that anyone north of Watford votes Tory, it's like a foreign country to this government.Shawlratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-90627367026592778782015-06-26T13:24:42.260+01:002015-06-26T13:24:42.260+01:00The magazine "Modern Railways" has been ...The magazine "Modern Railways" has been writing about these cost and time overruns for the last few months. If only Osborn had subscribed to the journal he would have been more informed.DBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12037903987926646446noreply@blogger.com