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Old March 25th 08, 02:20 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit
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Default Crossrail could bankrupt London - says Ken Livingstone

Jane Sullivan wrote:

In message , Neil Williams
writes
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:58:47 +0000, Jane Sullivan
wrote:

And if those employees lost their jobs, then that would take several
billion pounds out of the local economy of the south-east and, by
extension, Britain.


But why would they lose their jobs if Crossrail didn't happen?


They'd lose their jobs if the financial centre of Europe moved out of
London to Frankfurt.


Shurely, it's off to Delhi...
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