Re: YomHarris - Re: The 1300 new carriages dilemma (part 752)

On 28 Sep, 06:43, Mwmbwls <robertg.robin...@virgin.net> wrote:
> On Sep 27, 7:42 pm, "D1039" <patrick.he...@virgin.net> wrote:
>
> > "826" <jonporter1...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> > I hope not. We could do with some continuity andTomHarrisis, IMO, a
> > capable Transport Minister
>
> > Patrick
>
> An unseemly row seems to have broken out about other comments made by
> Tom Harris on his blog:
>
> http://tomcharris.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/earth-calling-redwood/
>
> http://devilskitchen.me.uk/2008/09/truth-calling-harris.html
>
> Comments on Tom's blog includes some pithy shin kicking by one "Deltic
> C" who obviously knows a pithy shin when he sees one. Somehow,I don't
> think that subtle ruse of using a pseudonym will fool the DfT press
> office.
>
> Ah well only another week to the reshuffle - or as it is known in
> special adviser circles - "changing the names and erasing the tapes"

Tom knows who Captain deltic is.. he admitted to me that he asked one
of his DfT officials to confirm it - "Of course Roger Ford is Captain
Deltic minister" was the reply.

I've just submitted the following comment to this thread on Tom's
blog.. will he moderate it out, or let it through?
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OK Tom, so whilst we're digging out things that politicians said in
the past and bringing it to everyone's attention here's Tom Harris
writing to Railway Magazine (May 2008):
"The position is straight forward: 1300 new carriages means exactly
what it says..... But none of this alters the fact that, by 2014,
1300
genuinely new carriages will have been built and will be in operation
on the network."

You will no doubt be ready to defend this before Mr Redwood pops up
with it - and we look forward to a detailed breakdown of the 1300 NEW
carriages as promised and a strong rebuttal of Captain Deltic's
suggestion that the real figure is somewhat smaller.
(just to help you - TPE confirm that the figure for them should be 24
and not 42, and that someone got their fingers in a tangle when typing
up the list. - the comment "Of course it's only 24, if it is 42 we'd
have nowhere to park them" - given to me by First Group a few metres
away from you at the National Rail Awards helped us to confirm that
little mistake.. so 1282 at best?!!)
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Tony
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