Showing posts with label Chris Grayling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Grayling. Show all posts
Friday, July 17, 2026

East Midlands Railway cancels 20 fast services a day because of problems with its new trains

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East Midlands Railways has admitted that its problems with its new trains have not all been caused by the recent hot weather. BBC News repo...
Friday, February 24, 2023

This is the blog that forecast turnips would replace tomatoes

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I'm not the Wise Woman of Wing - and Chris Grayling has fallen by the wayside - but this post does date from 2017.
Friday, July 09, 2021

New hope of electrification from Market Harborough to Sheffield

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Harborough FM , which these days provides the best local news service, reports that the government is again looking at the idea of electrify...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Lembit Opik has gone over to the dark side

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Nation Cymru reports that Lembit Opik, former Liberal Democrat MP for Montgomeryshire and leader of the Welsh Lib Dems, has spoken at a meet...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Why it's a smart move for Hutchison Ports to pay Chris Grayling £100,000 a year

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There's been a lot of adverse comment about the decision by Hutchison Ports to pay Chris Grayling £100,000 for seven hours' work a ...
Friday, April 05, 2019

This is everything you always wanted to know about Once Upon a Time in the West and a great deal more besides

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So says Mark Kermode - and he should know, Christopher Grayling? No, Christopher Frayling. That's alright then.
Saturday, February 09, 2019

Lord Bonkers' Diary: The Saucy Baroness Scott

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With the cancellation of Seaborne Freight's contract yesterday, shares in Rutland Ferries will probably rise further when the Oakham E...
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Saturday, January 12, 2019

What happens when mainstream politicians talk up the far right's prospects: A warning from the Isle of Dogs

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Copyright  © Mike Seaborne Chris Grayling has been talking to the Daily Mail. "It will open the door to extremist populist pol...
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Thursday, June 07, 2018

Market Harborough will be the northern limit of electrification on the Midland main line

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When Chris "Failing" Grayling finally announced his decision to scrap plans for the full electrification of the Midland main li...
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Monday, April 23, 2018

Leicester Conservatives fall out over promise of a tram system

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Embed from Getty Images It's quite something to have a split over your local election manifesto when you have only one councillor, bu...
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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Leicester Tories promise a tram to Market Harborough

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Forget Daventry Conservatives and their canal . Leicester Tories are promising a tram to Market Harborough . The Leicester Mercury quot...
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Sunday, February 04, 2018

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Pelted with sharpened carrots

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Knowing what a wise old bird Lord Bonkers is, I would not wager much against Boris Johnson's career ending just as he foretells. Pel...
Monday, October 16, 2017

Scenes from Brexit Britain 1

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Embed from Getty Images It's 2023 and members of the Grayling Youth are growing vegetables to save the need for expensive imports.
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Government announces that the Midland main line will not be electrified north of Kettering

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We will see more disappointing news like this around the country as HS2 eats up all the funding for rail investment. That's what ...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Six of the Best 650

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"For Trump as for Putin, reality is something that can be molded or outright dismissed when it would prove damning. It is now up to U...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Is Chris Grayling going to reduce Market Harborough's train service for party advantage?

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I fear the answer may well be yes. Yesterday I blogged about the postponement of the access improvements at Market Harborough station ....
Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Access improvements at Market Harborough station postponed

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In November the transport minister Paul Maynard refused to confirm that the Midland main line will be electrified north of Kettering. To...
Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Six of the Best 571

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Andrew Hickey is not impressed by the Stronger In campaign. "Orwell was far more interested, as Corbyn has been far more interes...
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Monday, February 02, 2015

Six of the Best 491

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"Had the campaign been, as it should have been, against the general principle rather than the specific example of books, then we migh...
Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Why did Lib Dem MPs back Chris Grayling on judicial review?

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Ian Dunt writes about last night's Commons vote on judicial review: Judicial review sounds boring but it is one of the most democra...
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