I caught a bit of the news last night and they showed Tony Blair
speaking at the Mansion House dinner claiming that the City and the
government must work together to make sure that Crossrail gets built.
However, his stuff about Iraq has got all the press and even the
official transcript of the speech on the Number 10 website makes no
mention of Crossrail. Did I just imagine it, or did anyone else hear
it too?

Patrick

wrote:

I caught a bit of the news last night and they showed Tony Blair
speaking at the Mansion House dinner claiming that the City and the
government must work together to make sure that Crossrail gets built.


Very good point so why has he done naff all about it in the last 9
years. He waits until he is sodding off then says that something must
be done. Just like all the other nulabour failures.

Kevin

Kev wrote:
wrote:

I caught a bit of the news last night and they showed Tony Blair
speaking at the Mansion House dinner claiming that the City and the
government must work together to make sure that Crossrail gets built.

Very good point so why has he done naff all about it in the last 9
years. He waits until he is sodding off then says that something must
be done. Just like all the other nulabour failures.

"the City and the government must work together" - sounds to me like code
for "the City must put up more money".

--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

Richard J. wrote:

Kev wrote:
wrote:

I caught a bit of the news last night and they showed Tony Blair
speaking at the Mansion House dinner claiming that the City and the
government must work together to make sure that Crossrail gets built.

Very good point so why has he done naff all about it in the last 9
years. He waits until he is sodding off then says that something must
be done. Just like all the other nulabour failures.

"the City and the government must work together" - sounds to me like code
for "the City must put up more money".

--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

I seem to remember the self same arguement to fund the Jubilee Line
ext. Without it Docklands was not viable. Did businesses actually ever
put any money into it?

Kevin

On 14 Nov 2006 08:32:12 -0800, Kev wrote:
Richard J. wrote:
"the City and the government must work together" - sounds to me like code
for "the City must put up more money".

I seem to remember the self same arguement to fund the Jubilee Line
ext. Without it Docklands was not viable. Did businesses actually ever
put any money into it?

Looks like they have already paid 100 million and owe another 300
million over the next 20-odd years:
http://www.publications.parliament.u...70616w02_sbhd2

David

On 14 Nov 2006 08:32:12 -0800, "Kev" wrote:


Richard J. wrote:

Kev wrote:
wrote:

I caught a bit of the news last night and they showed Tony Blair
speaking at the Mansion House dinner claiming that the City and the
government must work together to make sure that Crossrail gets built.

Very good point so why has he done naff all about it in the last 9
years. He waits until he is sodding off then says that something must
be done. Just like all the other nulabour failures.

"the City and the government must work together" - sounds to me like code
for "the City must put up more money".

I seem to remember the self same arguement to fund the Jubilee Line
ext. Without it Docklands was not viable. Did businesses actually ever
put any money into it?

Olympia and York put in £400m over a long period of time. They also part
funded the DLR extension to Bank.

The real issue is that neither side wishes to blink first in terms of
financial contributions so the whole process is at a standstill and will
remain so for years to come. It's pathetic.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

In article .com,
"Kev" wrote:
wrote:
I caught a bit of the news last night and they showed Tony Blair
speaking at the Mansion House dinner claiming that the City and the
government must work together to make sure that Crossrail gets built.

Very good point so why has he done naff all about it in the last 9
years.

Actually there is a lot happening. Just because they haven't turned
over a sod of earth yet doesn't mean nothing is going on.

I actually prefer major construction projects to have settled plans
and permission from all landowners involved before they start being
built.

--
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"We can also agree that Saddam Hussein most certainly has chemical and biolog-
ical weapons and is working towards a nuclear capability. The dossier contains
confirmation of information that we either knew or most certainly should have
been willing to assume." - Menzies Campbell, 24th September 2002.

David Boothroyd wrote:

..

Actually there is a lot happening. Just because they haven't turned
over a sod of earth yet doesn't mean nothing is going on.

I actually prefer major construction projects to have settled plans
and permission from all landowners involved before they start being
built.


I always find it rather bizarre that the planners will spend decades
postulating about something then give some poor contractor the job of
implementing the scheme on a tight schedule, keep interfering with the
implementation then beat the contractor up when the project gets
delayed.
I always think wouldn't it be great if they spent half as long screwing
around before construction starts then allow longer to do the difficult
stuff.
What the betting that the Olympics are finished in one final mad dash
with hundreds of millions of lottery money being thrown at it to finish
on time. Come to think of it we know that already.

Kevin