tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post4822678985558117747..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: When Nationalisation Is Not NeededTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-85303519363268365232014-04-05T11:51:58.025+01:002014-04-05T11:51:58.025+01:00Me again.
Just to demonstrate that the ban on hac...Me again.<br /><br />Just to demonstrate that the ban on hacks knowing anything about railways isn't restricted to newspapers, here's a recent howler from the BBC.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-26887806<br /><br /><br />Those of you used to thrashing along this stretch at up to 125mph in a Bransonrail Pendolino (or a BR InterCity train at 100 mph in the 1960s) will notice that something is not right here. But the hack from the BBC didn't. But then again look at the timestamp - Friday afternoon and the pubs were open...SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-87950032322996596002014-04-05T10:09:12.389+01:002014-04-05T10:09:12.389+01:00Cost cutting? I'd always assumed that it was a...Cost cutting? I'd always assumed that it was against the law for newspapers to employ people who knew anything about railways! After all, even with cost cutting, given the number of newspapers (and broadcast news) the laws of average would suggest there should be some somewhere.SteveBnoreply@blogger.com