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Old July 31st 15, 04:29 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default First Class 700 arrives at Three Bridges

On 31/07/2015 16:41, Recliner wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 31/07/2015 15:58, Recliner wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 31/07/2015 15:41, Recliner wrote:
http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk...train-arrives/

Claire Perry is really churning out those "I welcome these new trains..."
press releases this week.


Can't blame her making hay from her predecessors efforts while she can.

Er, she was her own predecessor.


She was minister when they were ordered? Didn't think she'd been in post long enough.


Probably not -- she only became railway minister in July last year. The
Siemens order took ages to place, so probably a series of ministers were
involved in it. But the Hitachi order did happen on her watch.

I see she's another McKinsey alumnus, with quite an impressive cv all round
(Oxford rowing blues, Harvard MBA, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, etc).


A rising star perhaps. At least she has experience outside the usual
-student politics, intern then researcher for MP then politician - which
is far too common both sides of the aisle.

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Graeme Wall
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