Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Here's to Daz & Kev
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Telegrammed by our Independent Expert After yesterday's WCML pasting by the media, here's the good news you won't hear on the Be...
Tom's back up!
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In the most extraordinary come back since Mandy's return to Cabinet for the third time Tom Harris has leapt back into the ring ! Tom lea...
Harris KO'ed!
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Time to pick up the gauntlet thrown down by Tom Harris yesterday. Tom invited the Major to ...
All p1ss and windermere
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Gricers fall-out shock horror! This from the North West Evening Mail ... " Directors of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, which ru...
Stupendous incompetence
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A Department for Transport scheme designed to cuts costs by £57m was so 'stupendously incompetent' that it has ended up costing £81m...
Round the bend
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road FuCC's press release allows us to calibrate the term 'just around the corner' as i...
Red Top shame
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Much anger in mess rooms across the industry this morning, judging by the following missive: "Suggest that FC has a look at page 36 of ...
That's another fine mess...
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The Competition Commission report into the ROSCOs and train leasing market is due to be published today. This from the FT ... " The com...
In your dreams
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London to Glasgow in 5 minutes ! Longer obviously if it's a Monday morning and you've just announced the completion of the WCML upgr...
Monday, 15 December 2008
Election '09
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***Ian Dale suggesting a February election*** Don't tell the Brothers...
What are TOCs for?
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Time to return to the Wolmar Question: "What are TOCs for?". The cynical view is that TOCs are there to reflate the coffers of uni...
Dangers of recycling
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Good news from Scotland This gentleman appears to have been handed an Asbo for doing something deeply unpleasant in a bottle. Thank goodness...
Parry People Non-mover
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Good news for Stourbridge Town passengers. Read the Stourbridge News piece here Has anyone got a large elastic band?
Piss-poor reporting
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The Fact Compiler is speechless! This humbug from the Nottingham Post : "A 61-YEAR-OLD woman who was forced to cancel Christmas when sh...
More in response to Tom...
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The Fact Compiler rather generously give the last word to Tom Harris MP in the thread We are the masters now! As a man of his word The Fact...
The late Geoff Hoon
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Word reaches The Fact Compiler that Geoff Hoon was nearly late for this morning's ceremonial send off from Nottingham of the new Leeds s...
We are the masters now!
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Welcome to the Age of Change! This from DafT announcing the restoration of hourly services between Nottingham and Leeds: " The first o...
WCML disruption
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Another for our press office friends. The dangers of ὕβρις . If a thing can go wrong - it will go wrong .
ECML disruption
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One for our press office friends. What's the difference between a BBC Producer and BBC Journalist? A sense of balance . The Fact Compile...
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Low cunning?
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Even the Gricerati have been invited to the Transport Ministers' Christmas drinks reception hosted by Geoff Hoon on Tuesday evening. We...
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