On Jun 28, 12:04 pm, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 28 Jun, 10:15, John B wrote:

However, as any fule kno, the stumbling block for the last few years
has been on where the money's coming from. If Gordon wants to gain
popularity and credibility with London voters and business leaders,
then an announcement on Crossrail financing - obviously conditional on
the passage of the bill - would be a good way to do so.

Maybe. But I'd think a funding commitment would be a risky idea
politically. It could easily look like throwing money at an
extravagant project with no real care, that will only benefit a few
Londoners and a few big city businesses etc etc. All of the
politically safe moves (funding development, introducing a bill) have
already been done.

But it won't just benefit a few Londoners. It'll indirectly benefit
just about everyone that ever uses public transport in London - that
must be about 20% of the country. Plus it'd have the added benefit of
stopping the economy from grinding to a halt because noone in London
can get about any more.

Jonn Elledge