The Anonymous Widower

Labour’s Muddled Thinking

There is an article in The Times today, which says that Nulabor and the Tories have fallen out over the high-speed rail link to the north.  Originally, Ruth Kelly planned that there would be a major transport interchange at Heathrow, but Lord Adonis, felt that Wormwood Scrubs International would be better.  The Tories are sticking to Ms. Kelly’s old plan.

Now, I’m not a transport expert, but both of Heathrow’s competitors; Schiphol and Charles de Gaulle, have high-speed rail connections.  So surely it is important that you can get on a high-speed train at Heathrow and travel to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and all points north. Looking at the plan in The Times, you might even be able to get a high-speed train to Kent and dare I say it France, Belgium and Holland.

It just shows how Nulabor can’t see a good solution when they’ve got one.  Perhaps in this case, it’s because they want to give the inmates of the Scrubs a quick getaway and they think that some of their colleagues might be there.

February 15, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | NuLabor, Politics, Trains