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Old July 14th 19, 03:04 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Recliner[_4_] Recliner[_4_] is offline
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Default ES: Crossrail at risk of being delayed even further

Roland Perry wrote:
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.


Didn't you just blame Khan for exactly that decision [in the section you
over-snipped]?


[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?


He had nothing to do with choosing TOCs. Civil servants choose them.

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.


Rubbish, as discussed here ad nauseum. Prescott had absolutely nothing to
do with the deal between Souter and Branson. I don't understand why you
persist in this easily-disproved fantasy version of history you dreamed up?


And, BTW, Branson has just done it again, selling 49% of his sub-orbital
joy-ride company to another billionaire. It's his standard business model
with companies he starts (as opposed to ones he just licenses the brand
to).


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


Because it involves Prezza.


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


No mention of Stagecoach in that article.