tim... wrote:


"Recliner" wrote in message
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tim... wrote:


"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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I know I am being very negative here but Grayling hates everything Khan
stands for. However he holds the power here as CR2 cannot proceed
without
government funding nor can changes to NR services to implement CR2
proceed
without DfT sign off. I am sure there are a thousand other issues which
also need DfT / govt support. This announcement is actually an exercise
in power by Grayling as I am sure Khan understands all too well.
However
he has no choice but to do what Grayling wants otherwise he has to give
up
on CR2 and then he'd be in the firing line - a result Grayling would no
doubt be delighted with.

whatever the results of this, I doubt very much that Kahn will still be
in
office by the time that CR2 construction is started

Who is 'Kahn'?

Whoever he is, Sadiq Khan probably hopes to be PM

I suspect that he won't make it that far

Well, I bow to your greater knowledge on the subject. But you might want to
read this long profile on him in the New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/31/sadiq-khan-takes-on-brexit-and-terror/amp


but he will have to be back on the commons in order to give it a shot

Yes, of course. I'm sure you know that both his predecessors combined their
roles as MP and mayor for periods. Boris was also a best-selling author and
very highly paid newspaper columnist while mayor.