In message , at 12:42:53 on
Sun, 14 Jul 2019, Recliner remarked:

How long has Khan been mayor?

When did Crossrail start?

When were the contractors appointed?

Exactly, he had nothing to do with appointing the contractors, and nor
did his predecessor. Would anyone *want* politicians choosing
contractors?

No-one suggested politicians should choose Crossrail[1] contractors.

[But look on the bright side, having grasped the wrong end of the stick,
you are at least consistently and persistently waving it around, despite
all attempts to persuade you otherwise]

[1] Although when contractors are called "National Rail franchisees",
there's more than a suggestion that politicians called the SoS
have a say. Maybe he should leave it entirely to his civil servants?
Was it Adonis, who had previously meddled in the botched Academies
project, who started this trend with NXEC? Oh no, it was Prescott
who fast-tracked the Stagecoach involvement in Virgin West Coast,
when they'd so publicly and embarrassingly messed up the 1998 Labour
Conference in Blackpool.

Not sure why this story is filed under "Entertainment":

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e.../profile-john-
prescott-class-warrior-at-bay-1103851.html
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Roland Perry