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Tory MP calls for Minister Chris Grayling to resign
Another leak, this time a letter from current Transport Minister Chris Grayling to Boris Johnson over Boris's desire as London Mayor for TfL to take control of trains in London... Quote:
Mr Grayling explained that central government must retain control of the network to keep it 'out of the clutches' of a future Labour mayor. Taxi or is that a train for Mr. Grayling.Yesterday Mr Grayling announced he would not be handing control of routes currently operated by Southeastern to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, dismissing the plan as 'deckchair shifting' that would be unfair for passengers who use the rail line outside of London. In a dramatic development, Conservative MP for Bromley and Chislehurst in south east London, said of Mr Grayling: 'He's done a great deal of harm to London commuters who would've benefited significantly. I think he should go.' Yet another deceitful BReximoron exposed. |
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The wheels on the bus are coming off.
Saddiq's request was supported by Tories |
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The wheels on the bus are coming off.
Saddiq's request was supported by Tories |
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Grayling is a disgrace. The trains run by TFL run far better than the ones they don't run in the London area.
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Grayling is a disgrace. The trains run by TFL run far better than the ones they don't run in the London area.
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Grayling's been a disaster wherever they put him.
And he's still failed to get Epsom into Zone 6. |
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Surely if TfL take control of commuter services that will extend the Mayor's powers deep in the suburbs and areas which can't vote for (or against) him
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Surely if TfL take control of commuter services that will extend the Mayor's powers deep in the suburbs and areas which can't vote for (or against) him
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In an interview the Tory MP has accused Grayling of acting unlawfully.
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In an interview the Tory MP has accused Grayling of acting unlawfully.
![]() his decision not to give control of suburban railways to TFL might be stupid but why is it illegal ? isn't it just a political decision ? |
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Yes, Chris Grayling should go on a long journey to sackville.
( he's got a shifty looking face) |
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it's still not clear to me what he's done........
his decision not to give control of suburban railways to TFL might be stupid but why is it illegal ? isn't it just a political decision ? |
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I sense a big reshuffle coming soon.
Greater London Authority really should have full control over their trains (the ones inside the Greater London region, the ones that extend to the outside the region would obviously make sense to be kept under central Govt. |
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He didn't want to give control over to Sadiq Khan, but had the London Mayor been a Conservative than he would have. It shows he's incompetent in his job.
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isn't that politics ?
He should be doing what the people need, not whether the Mayor is Labour or Conservative |
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Does anyone else think that Grayling has always appeared to be vastly over promoted within Government. I do.
A total mediocrity. |
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it's still not clear to me what he's done........
his decision not to give control of suburban railways to TFL might be stupid but why is it illegal ? isn't it just a political decision ? Prior to the 2015 General Election Boris Johnson & the former Transport Minister campaigned on the pledged on TfL taking over the railway in London. Now Grayling has concocted some scheme to prevent TfL taking over the railway, his decision yesterday has a whiff about it that he had pre judged and his decision was prejudicial. |
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Does anyone else think that Grayling has always appeared to be vastly over promoted within Government. I do.
A total mediocrity. |
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His seat of Epsom & Ewell is a very safe one with a 24,400 plus vote majority, so even if he did resign, there's no chance that the Tories will lose that seat.
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His seat of Epsom & Ewell is a very safe one with a 24,400 plus vote majority, so even if he did resign, there's no chance that the Tories will lose that seat.
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To be fair they can't vote for or against Southern Rail at the moment either
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The wheels on the bus are coming off.
Saddiq's request was supported by Tories Do we always do what London wants - maybe not post 23 June! A lot of these lines extend out to Kent, Surrey and Sussex - whose residents have no vote for the Mayor of London or TfL so there would be no democratic accountability. They can at least get a say in choosing the government and influence the Secretary of State. There is a risk those non London services could be cut to increase those in London for people who actually have a vote for the Mayor. |
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it's still not clear to me what he's done........
his decision not to give control of suburban railways to TFL might be stupid but why is it illegal ? isn't it just a political decision ? Not that it'd be the first time, of course. The man is a ministerial disaster zone. |
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I sense a big reshuffle coming soon.
Greater London Authority really should have full control over their trains (the ones inside the Greater London region, the ones that extend to the outside the region would obviously make sense to be kept under central Govt. its also irrelevant to the problems - which are bottlenecks in built up areas that need more lines built , Nimbyism blocking options, lack of money to make the changes needed to meet demand, and the hard left dominated RMT, that's intent on striking for its own political reasons. |
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When did the Oxford-Cambridge line become more important than electrification of the Great Western Line, more important than the electrification of the Midland main line, more important than the electrification of the Transpennine line?
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