We now know that the following is self evidently not the case:
“More than 45 million pounds of public money has been wasted, the department and the United Kingdom have suffered huge reputational damage and the railway industry is left in a state of uncertainty and therefore Ministers in post at the time of this fiasco should consider their position.”
Indeed!
Furthermore the following actions are not required:
“Ministers at the time must take responsibility for their mistakes and misjudgements.”
Quite so.
And how do we know that Hammond, Greening and Villiers should shoulder none of the blame?
Because the following coalition members of the TSC voted against the above paragraphs being included in the final report:
- Steve Baker (Con)
- Karen Lumley (Con)
- Karl McCartney (Con)
- Adrian Sanders (LibDem)
- Iain Stewart (Con)
UPDATE: This from Diamond Bob...
I thought Eye readers might be interested in these wise words from iDave when reflecting on another leader whose organisation went seriously awry:
"People want to see real accountability for what has happened. When people have broken the rules, they should face the consequences and this needs a change of culture absolutely."
Yes, Prime Minister. Absolutely.