How would you feel if you had a last minute Saturday night date, hopped on the underground, only to find that the line was f**ked due to another signal failure? This is what happened to me with the District line to Richmond that night. Do you think it might be a coincidence that the young denizens of that borough are leaning more to the Liberal Democrats in their voting? And how often is this going to happen during the 2012 London Olympics? So nice to know that the Olympic selection committee must have been comprised totally of special needs members - deaf, dumb and blind - so glaringly obvious are the transport system’s failures. And the District line is again suspended this morning on the stretch. Not to mention the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) chaos for those wishing to take part in Sunday’s London marathon.
Travel chaos for marathon spectators
Ken calls for review of Metronet
Arts leaders turn on Jowell over Olympics
Britain's transport policy goes even more off the rails
Rail commuters ponder national fare strike
Kings Cross Station to undergo £400 million transformation Shame half the pople won't actually be able to get to the station by public transport in the first place!
Bid to take rail out of private control
Maybe the artists could make the transport minister travel the London streets pulled by a pig as did Vladimir Durov to better experience the speed and hilarity of his policies.
The Durov Animal Theatre
Durov's Pig": Clowns, Politics and Theatre by Joel Schechter
Cash-for-honours: Blair aides await fate as inquiry ends
Anyone remember John Poulson? (BBC4 doco last Sat night) Interesting to hear his widow say that she thought he became the scapegoat for what was endemic corruption. Not much has changed eh....
1974: Architect jailed over corruption
A brief history of sleaze
Banksy mural obliterated by graffiti removal team
And....4 more days of the EastEnd Film Festival to go....
I'll mention a couple more indie films when I recover from my weekend travel trauma (it's no joke..)
In the meanwhile, check out this great Frank Sinatra site.
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