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The Muhammad Haque daily world [economic] commentary -
2310 Hrs GMT London Monday 2 July 2007
In the course of the past 42 months of the Khoodeelaar! campaign against Crossrail hole Bill in London, I have come across evidence of consistent frustration being felt by locally elected representatives on regional authorities across England and in Scotland.
The frustration has been expressed by those elected post-holders locally. For some strange reason, to which I shall return in the later parts of this commentary [to be published on Tuesday and Wednesday], those very persons have shied away from pointing the finger of blame at the Blairing machine that has been responsible for allowing the CrossRail plot hatched by Big Business to become usable as a fantastic mantra for all of the UK economy’s transport needs.
This lie has been perpetrated by the single railway scheme being transformed in the spin into a panacea that not only meets the admittedly serious transport needs that exist in sectors of the greater London area but into an all-purpose answer to whatever infrastructure problems that currently exercise and worry all sensible people in the south east.
This is a deliberately worked out psychological programme of massive fraud.
This fraud has been the topic and the theme of my daily analyses of every single CrossRail hole Bill spin that has been unleashed via the mainstream media all of which is headquartered in London.
This fraud will cost the UK economy dearly.
The ramifications of allowing a seriously flawed railway scheme to be projected as a solution to almost all major problems that exist in society are going to be far wider than I can describe in words.
The spin for the crassly conceived and irrationally, wildly promoted Crossrail hole scheme ['the Crossrail Bill' in the UK House of Commons, a t the time of writing] has been put on almost the same level as the spin associated with any given fad flaunted by the Big Business string pullers behind the formal decisions of the offices of state in the UK centrally and in the London region in particular.
As I have pointed out on each occasion of coming across the strangely muted expressions of frustration by the regional holders of elected positions – and their equally the reason for their being so mute and accommodating to the Big Business lobby being fronted on CrossRail by 'Undone mayor' ken Livingstone, is to do with the petty opportunistic agendas being followed by these expressers of regional frustrations.
And this limits the impact that could have been gathered and exercised against the plotters who are even more confident of getting Gordon Brown to do what the very same person, Brown, had resisted doing in the years that he was at the UK Finance Ministry.
That the same Gordon Brown who was ‘condemned;’ by the Big Business lobby for CrossRail only days before he formally took over as the official holder of the office of UK Prime Minister is being ‘lauded’ for almost already having given his backing to the same Crossrail hole Plot Bill is full of the seeds and the evidence of the seriously flawed agenda that Brown is now being sued to operate.
[To be continued]
AADHIKARonline quoting the JOURNAL, Newcastle, England, UK on 2 July 2007 expressing the region's frustration at the overly London-centric obsession with funding Crossrail in London while neglecting regional transport needs such as those that are evident in Newcastle.
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Metro needs £600m for modernisationJul 2 2007
by Adrian Pearson, The Journal
PASSENGERS using the Metro will today be asked to support a campaign calling on the Government to provide £600m of urgent transport investment.
Metro operator Nexus is targeting stations across Tyne and Wear as it seeks to show support for the modernisation plans, which were handed over to the Government in January.
Members of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority are backing the campaign as they continue to lobby for the much-needed improvements.
The pressure on the Government to invest more on the North-East transport infrastructure comes after a National Audit Office report showed the region has some of the lowest funding in England.
Coun David Wood, chairman of the PTA, said: “Metro is part of everyday life in Tyne and Wear but it needs new investment urgently to continue to serve our people and economy for years to come.
“We take Metro for granted but now we need as many people as possible to show their support as we make the case to Government for reinvigoration.”
Newcastle City Council leader John Shipley said the money needed was considerably less than that currently being ploughed into the £15bn Crossrail project which will travel through London from Essex to Heathrow.
He said: “We do not have a level playing field with other regions and I find that very frustrating. We urgently need the Metro reinvigoration.
“The £600m needed to bring that about is smaller in comparison to the amount of money being handed over to the Crossrail project.”
Nexus will be encouraging passengers to sign up to a pledge supporting reinvigoration during the coming weeks.
A “railshow” will be set up at major Metro stations as the company seeks the support the 38m passengers using the service every year.
If the Government does award Nexus the money the first improvements would be new ticket machines taking notes and cards, as well as ticket gates at the main stations.
Phase two includes a £58m station modernisation programme and a new station in South Tyneside.
People can show their support by going to www.nexus.org.uk and clicking on the Metro Re-invigoration button. The site also contains detailed information about the bid.
AADHIKARonline unquoting the JOURNAL, Newcastle, England, UK on 2 July 2007 expressing the region's frustration at the overly London-centric obsession with funding Crossrail in London while neglecting regional transport needs such as those that are evident in Newcastle.
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