Much amusement in the industry over today's coverage of David Higgins decision 'to resign'!
Take this, from the usually well informed David Millward in Her Majesty's Daily Telegraph....
The decision to resign, which was broken by Sky News, came within days
of a fresh row erupting over the bonus package offered to Sir David and four
other senior executives at the helm of the company responsible for the
country’s train and track infrastructure.
However according to Network Rail, Sir David, 58, has chosen to leave his post
to allow his successor to steer through a five year investment package worth
more than £35 billion.
“David always made it clear that he didn’t plan to stay on until 2019,” a Network Rail source said.
Errrr... quite so.
So if Higgins had always made clear that he didn't plan to stay on for CP5 (which he did, even within earshot of the lowly Fact Compiler) then what is the story?
Of course there is a much more interesting tale lurking beneath these lazy headlines: Will the next CEO of Network Rail be an engineer?
Meanwhile, back in the silly season, our next Monarch but two (DV) will be His Majesty King George.
Sire, please could you fix it for Eye to have sloppy journalists' heads lopped off. Ta.
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