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They [the newts] have as much right to live on this planet as any other species. There are rules to protect them following them properly might also help.

At the end of the day the only way the regions are going to regain their economic clout is if the mantra tha tif you spend it you should raise it permeated the dense minds of the Treasury. There has been a slow start, but at least a start with the city deals process but it needs tax raising...

What current plans for health, education and welfare? Besides for the 90% of the population who do not use the railways asking those who day to pay up (a policy which has been pursued by all administrations recently) is only equitable isn't it? The money will follow where the population and...

The Assembly idea was floated by John Prescott and was voted down in a referendum where it was first tried, in the North east. Presumably on the basis that the idea was constituted was essentially a sinecure for more super annuated politicians who had thier jobs not based on ability but on which...

Three reasons off the top of my head: 1. There is a stronger and wider tax base in London. The higher and denser population also makes statistical modelling easier when putting forward large capital improvements. 2. The Mayor is elected on a City wide franchise and has clearly defined...

T3 today this weekend from Bedford - Kettering to begin raising/ demolishing bridges for the wires.

If he wishes to remain an MP then it is a very safe bet that he will remain an MP for Sheffield Hallam, or whichever constituency supercedes it. If he wishes to do something else (he can speak 5 languages) then I am sure plenty of people would snap him up. --- old post above --- --- new post...

What have the Liberal Democrats achieved in government; well, the personal tax allowance is being raised (a LD idea - stolen by the other parties), there is about to be a fundamental reform of the pensions system (policy driven by the LD's), and for those really interested in politics there is a...

It is not just the new track or a bridge which is expensive. It is the hacking into the interlocking, the wheels free testing and the subsequent sch4/8 payments to train and freight operators which are expensive. Scotrail recently waived it's right to Sch.4/8 for one wiring scheme. Funnily...

Which crucially now has nothing to do with the Department of Transport...

An election being 3 years away...coming up?

The Liberal Democrats had a specific set of ideas for re-openings and for railway policy if they maintained a majority in the HoC. They did not. The Labour Party had 13 years to announce a coherant policy for electrification in the previous 3 parliaments, they did not. The Tories, well who knows...

Taieri Gorge Railway. Pukerangi - Dunedin in NZ. Worth every dollar.

I am bemused - what part of the railway is currently in private hands then? Barring one freight operator?

The Scotland Act is now law, attempts by both the SNIPs and Labour to amend the legislation so that the Scottish government could renationalise the infrastructure were given the short shrift. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Love the Orwellian double think speak. What the press...

Obviously that ingrained knowledge has not extended to the tendering process for Northlink and the Isles ferries which turned out to be interesting to say the least. The press release is basically one SNIP minister, who having seen his own pride and joy savaged, using the Alex Salmond fall...

As ever the Scottish government will meet the reality of European Law in the not too distant future (various Scottish ministers seem to think it doesn't apply to them). Such as the procurement rules, tendering of public contratcs and the third railway package.

Salisbury still controls the area prior to the WoE panel installation. Nothing has changed so it fringes with Westbury at Heytesbury (to all intents and purposes), the WoE panel at Tisbury (where it fringed with Gillingham pre recontrol), Eastleigh at Dunbridge, Basingstoke just prior to...

Are Barnett formula and it's consequentials hypothecated by the Westminster government then? AFIAK Westminster does not hypothecate it's own tax revenue (it will allocate money toward individual spending if asked but that is not hypothecation) - and the various deals being stuck with the likes...

Reopening to Bideford is a lot easier than Ilfracombe from a physical perspective. You will not be requiring a new bridge over the River at Barnstaple for a start.