This just in from a frustrated reader...
The Fact Compiler is quite right to have a go at the Lib Dems and their whining about Britain's (actually rather good) railways.
But at least one can simply ignore their press releases.
The Tories are far worse.
Barely a day goes by without a Jeremiad from Theresa Villiers about some cooked-up railway scandal, often based on utterly misleading newspaper stories.
It obscures their two half-decent points - that the government is micro-managing the railways and Network Rail needs better governance. It also makes them look like they want more micro-management, not less.
Now it's also dragging in the government - I saw the DfT put out a pointless press release today on a £2.5m study which will examine whether to redouble the Swindon-Gloucester route.
All this hysteria creates the deceptive impression that the railways are still the shambles they were five years ago.
It also prevents sensible debate about real issues such as safety standards, capacity, the proportion of farebox and freight customer revenue funding for the railway versus the proportion of government support and many others.
All that said, there's nothing wrong with eating muesli. I have it for breakfast every day.
Grimsby and Back
2 years ago
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