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The word ‘omnishambles’ could have been coined for the chaotic handling of the West Coast franchise. The Laidlaw report into the causes of the debacles - published on Thursday shortly after the Government announced Virgin will run the…
Whilst the whole world is watching the aftermath of the US elections, Boris Johnson is burying bad news about rising transport costs. The Evening Standard reports: "The Mayor today revealed that the charge to hire a Boris Bike will double…
As ministers try and worm out of responsibility for the West Coast franchise cock up today, it's worth noting that, as the Independent reported this morning: "More than 30 senior civil servants in the Department for Transport, including…
While the element of Barbara Castle’s career that has made it onto the silver screen was the portrayal of her as Employment Minister in the film ‘Made in Dagenham’, her role a great reforming Labour Transport Minister (arguably the last) is…
A brilliant spot from politics.co.uk, who report: Welsh Conservatives voted to call their own party incompetent yesterday, after a "whipping mistake". Assembly members mistakenly voted with Labour and Plaid colleagues to back a motion…
Any doubts over Labour questioning this Government’s dubious process for awarding rail contracts have surely evaporated following this week’s revelations about the West Coast Main Line fiasco. I mean, seriously, how much more evidence do we…
Earlier today I noted that the Tory candidate for Corby and East Northamptonshire seemed to be having difficulty remembering the name of the place she was standing in - confusing it with an area 130 miles away. Not a great start for a…
Reflecting on Margaret Hodge's comments about the expectations for HS2 helped coalesce a few thoughts. Last week I had my first pitch on Skype and my third webinar. For some that will indicate I'm a bit dated or a late adopter of…
Tom Copley's London Eye When I was growing up I always dreamed of moving to London. Everything about it fascinated me – the vibrancy, diversity and sheer size of the metropolis. From a very young age I knew that London was where I wanted to…
There's some surprisingly good news today as Livingstone closes the gap to just 2% with only 10 days left to go in the race. As Len Duvall has already written today, the polling suggests that there's some momentum behind Ken's campaign…
Here's a new video from the Ken Livingstone campaign - and it's an offbeat one starring Eddie Izzard. He's not the only comedy star to be backing Livingstone though - Richard Wilson backed him recently. (And don't say "I don't believe it"…
Much of the sentiment within today’s transport infrastructure speech by David Cameron has been said close to a million times before – not just by the 25+ transport ministers the last Labour Government went through as referenced by the PM…
