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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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