Clive ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Was it really not possible to do this work on the Met line during the
past 30 odd weekends?

If you want a 21st century railway, that's the price

OK, we've been paying the price for months now.

Now - when do we get the 21st century railway? Do we have to have a second-
half-of-20th railway installed first, or can we go straight to the 21st?