Wrong Train of Thought
A co-conspirator draws Guido's attention to Boris' Telegraph column yesterday, saying how bad the train service is to Henley on Thames:
So has Alistair Darling returned to the Deparment of Transport?"Unbelievable! And even if they did want to lay on more capacity now, the Government interferes at every turn. There are currently 14 officials in the Department of Transport who are working on the railway timetable, and at a recent meeting with angry MPs Alistair Darling, the Transport Secretary, was seen to be poring over his copy of Bradshaw and musing on whether or not an 0848 service could be added to some branch line, in addition to the 0932. The Secretary of State!"
24 comments:
Obviously a job for the Fat Controller.
Guido this is great fun ,just think of all us idiots youv'e nailed ,what goes around comes around
Boris Johnson will never let facts stand in the way of his exuberance, it's part of his entertainment value, but we usually get his meaning.
I had a friend who worked on the timetable computer system about 10 years ago - basically the whole railway is divided up into sections of track - and the computer figures out the timetable. Despite the computer the basic time table was optimised for the track layout about 40 years ago by some maths-bod and can't be improved significantly. Wihtout a new signalling system the sections of track can't be reduced and more trains can't used.
I think the telegraph subs must have been asleep. Boris still great value and his points are valid even though he confused Darling with Alexander. Hey both are part of the Scottish Raj and both are incompetent.
Boris fyi..Darling is the one who blackens his eyebrows with boot polish but can't be arsed to dye his white hair. Alexander is the one who is an oily little git....
I think he meant to say Alistair Darling was servicing himself over Ben Bradshaw .......
Check this out Guido...
RIGHT TO PROTEST SHOULD BE A BASIC LIBERTY – BARONESS MILLER
On Friday, Liberal Democrat Peers will protest outside the House of Lords against the restrictions placed on demonstrations within a kilometre of Parliament.
Following the protest, the Peers will enter the House of Lords to debate Baroness Miller’s Public Demonstrations (Repeals) Bill, which will remove the clauses of the 2005 Serious Organised Crime and Police Act which limit demonstrations.
Commenting, Liberal Democrat Peer, Baroness (Sue) Miller said:
“In a democracy, citizens should not have to apply for police permission to peacefully protest outside Parliament. The fact that my colleagues and I have to gain permission to protest outside our own House is ridiculous.
“These laws were designed purely to stop Brian Haw protesting, and then issues about terrorism were raised to justify them.
“What these laws have actually done is waste immense amounts of police time on paperwork and on arresting people who have done nothing more than hold a placard outside Parliament.
“Surprisingly, when I requested a copy of the form to make our protest legal, I was informed that it was only available to download from Mark Thomas’ web site.
“My Bill will return people’s right to protest, which should be a basic liberty in any democracy.”
ENDS
Quite good I reckon...
Oh, isn't it Alistair Darling? There's too many anonymous Scotsmen in this Government, they sort-of all blend in to one...
Whether Boris got the name of some little oik of an apparatchik wrong is irrevelant, the trains are crap, the government interferes and its going to pot.
Don't walk on the grass, smoke it and fly....that way you don't give a cuss.
Some mileage here in Cameroonies plan to legalise, give it to commuters too.
More to the point, Bradshaw hasn't been published since 1961.
Perhaps Boris was simply avin a larf?
Penfold, well done - it's about time someone made the obvious link between railway standards of service and legalisation of cannabis. Perhaps the timetables are planned with the aid of a few spliffs. That would explain a lot.
I see the BBC say we have an immigrtion minister ,I thought passports were given away , just like the mags in the pockets of airplane seats
Lets see now, as its privatised, why not, just stop all the subsidies (same for farming) and let the railways go bankrupt. Isn't that the free market way? As for Boris, why not patch it up with Petronella, she's forgiven him for the botched abortions by now anyway, a blow job in the toilet on the way to town, that'll cheer up the journey!
Another incompetent Scot tinkering with England...
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See, Alistair Darling is AD, and Douglas Alexander is DA, and you can see how Boris got it mixed up, can't you?
And anyway, it wasn't Boris Johnson who wrote that article, it was our cat Boris, and he writes well but hasn't yet learned to check all his facts.
Look, when Blair said ' Move Over, Darling' he sent up to Scotland for yet another another Scots pal - suprise, surprise - to fill Darling's old job.
It's a job share isn't it? One week on, one week off. That means they can both spend quality time in the only country the nulab Scots Mafia give two hoots about, Bonnie Scotland - twice as bonnie now that Scotland, just 8% of the UK, has hijacked our island's government and English taxes.
Judith, your cat Boris does indeed write well. My cat Rupert may be interested in engaging him to write a column for double what The Telegraph is paying him.
Verity - dream on! My Boris doesn't get off the foot of my bed for less than £1k a column (doesn't that apply to Mr Johnson as well?).
Of course it's shit... it's First Great Western trains he's on about
Boris not being in touch with reality is news now, is it?
Don't know if anyone else has used the service that Boris describes so vividly but I had to use it a few months ago at the same house as he relates and it was beyond doubt the very worst rail journey I have ever had to undertake. Just imagine a 40 minute journey on a packed underground train coupled with inane apologies and stupid little witticisms from the driver and conductor all of which are guaranteed to make you want to throttle the bastards on arrival in Paddington and you get a slight idea of what it must be like day by day for commuters on that line.
The soul-killing plight of the bourgeousie. Cry me a fucking river.
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