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Tag Archives: Chris Grayling
A Government Minister clearly unfit for purpose
Today marks the last day of the first week of 2019 and I am sure I am not alone in wishing that in terms of the public and political space, that the first week could have given us a meaningful … Continue reading
Will Govia be an effigy at the Bonfire Parade?
Sussex bonfire associations are all busy participating in the last few local events of this season and preparing for the highlight for most as they gather together in Lewes. It is fascinating to see how a similar amount of diversely … Continue reading
Posted in Network Rail, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Chris Grayling, Govia Thameslink Railway, GTR, Jo Johnson, Nick Herbert
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Happy New Year
This week is the beginning of the academic year for most schools and shortly Universities will start their year with Freshers weeks. Although the numbers of students across the whole age spectrum is only modest, the impact on most of … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Education, Network Rail, Parliament and Democracy, STEM
Tagged Chris Grayling, IOBY, NIMBY
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The challenge of forming reliable infrastructure
Based on the news about Crossrail that has emerged in the last 24 hours, the project which was approved in 2007 and began construction two years later was due to take 9 years to complete. The fact that it has … Continue reading
Posted in Network Rail, Parliament and Democracy, STEM
Tagged Andrew Adonis, Chris Grayling, CrossRail, John Armitt
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There is scope for a wee bit of consistency
This morning two headlines from two pro-Brexit MPs appear to be showing a bit of a difference in terms of where we are at as a nation. To be fair the pro-Brexit newspaper Telegraph is bound to be a bit … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Brexit, Chris Grayling, Iain Duncan Smith
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Tim seems to be in no mans land
On the 18th July Tim Loughton the MP for East Worthing, Shoreham and (so my friend Chris feels included) Sompting too! raised a matter in the House of Commons on the way in which Govia Thamselink Railways are performing in … Continue reading
Democratic Accountability is in short supply
This appears in my column in todays Argus was written before the resignations of Davis, Baker and Braverman from the Cabinet. Their departure along with the need for McVey and Grayling to go and the prospect of Johnson leaving must … Continue reading
I hope you have a good journey
For anyone on a train or about to head off to a station, travelling to work or to a place of entertainment, I hope that your journey is a good one. You may be interested to know that according to … Continue reading
Fair Police funding
It is always encouraging when someone who has served as a Government Minister in a given area feels that they are clear enough from their past to begin to challenge the Government which they were members of. Andrew Selous is … Continue reading
Brexit and Trains – Two major failings of our Government
The significance of the next two days in Parliament seems huge to those people who are still feeling engaged and concerned about the process of leaving or remaining in the European Union. Writing as someone who believes our departure will … Continue reading
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