tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post671295406723903405..comments2023-10-09T11:27:46.098+01:00Comments on Shepherd's Bush: Hammersmith Flyover re-opens amid fiery exchanges in ParliamentChris Underwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03026438313352911527noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-53696297241648346622012-01-16T10:55:30.194+00:002012-01-16T10:55:30.194+00:00Hands is MP for Fulham, so has a legitimate intere...Hands is MP for Fulham, so has a legitimate interest in what happens to the Hammersmith flyover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-84944471190139665702012-01-14T17:18:59.539+00:002012-01-14T17:18:59.539+00:00Hopefully somebody will be on hand to guide Mary M...Hopefully somebody will be on hand to guide Mary McLeod to Hammersmith as her knowledge of West London isn't very strong, just as you would expect from a politician who professed her undying devotion to the Isle of Skye when she was hoping to be elected there, before being parachuted into this area.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633495312819924594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-8727329001918518552012-01-14T09:09:16.561+00:002012-01-14T09:09:16.561+00:00FFS, they're all as bad as each other!FFS, they're all as bad as each other!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-24107368057476523502012-01-14T06:35:00.880+00:002012-01-14T06:35:00.880+00:00If you want to know who's behind this outrageo...If you want to know who's behind this outrageous breach of constitutional protocol, I'd watch the actual Point of Order in Parliament.<br /><br />Starts at 15:32pm.<br /><br />And guess who's sitting right next to Mary McLeod as she professes her innocence?<br /><br />That's right: Greg Hands, who seems to have nothing better to do than spend his entire life Twittering vicious slurs about random Labour MPs and creating trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-84745187788729129072012-01-13T22:06:21.950+00:002012-01-13T22:06:21.950+00:00Very hard, although I'm betting it's Slaug...Very hard, although I'm betting it's Slaughter. As much as I dislike the Tories, Slaughter seems a bit of an untrustworthy type...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-34240648048794300882012-01-13T16:55:07.825+00:002012-01-13T16:55:07.825+00:00Ms Macleod says this re Mr Slaughter:
"I tol...Ms Macleod says this re Mr Slaughter:<br /><br />"I told him at the earliest opportunity. I invited him to the meeting verbally and in writing. He said initially that he was happy with the plans for the meeting."<br /><br />So one or other or both of them is a big fat liar with their pants on fire. But on this evidence, hard to say which.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-17777127865701947072012-01-13T08:06:26.033+00:002012-01-13T08:06:26.033+00:00I'd already sent an email full of criticism to...I'd already sent an email full of criticism to the organisers of the meeting before this post went up. I told them that the meeting was a waste of time, because they were asking for information which TfL clearly didn't have (i.e. exactly when the flyover would re-open). I told them that I thought they were wasting TfL's time. It is now evident that rather than give awkward estimates, TfL has re-opened the flyover as soon as they thought it was safe to do so: congratulations to them for that!<br /><br />A chap called Adam Lake emailed me back and told me: <br /><br />"<br />We have received a lot of phone calls and emails from residents concerned about the disruption who wanted to more information, it was therefore felt that a public meeting would be helpful. The panel will comprise of representatives of TfL and the Council, not engineers working on the flyover. Though the priority here is getting the flyover safe to be used again it is also important to ensure that local people are communicated with properly regarding its progress. I think that a public meeting, which costs absolutely nothing to organise, is a good thing to do and our feedback so far has been positive." <br /><br />I responded with the following points:<br /><br />"1) A public meeting might not cost anything in monetary terms, but it does cost the time of people at TfL (which will either be charged to TfL or be lost elsewhere).<br />"2) Whilst I am aware that the meeting will not include engineers working on the flyover, the information about accurate timescales will ultimately have to come from them. These timescales will not come from the non-engineering managers at TfL, who won't know anything more than the engineers have told them.<br />"3) Local people are being communicated to very well by TfL, who have issued detailed press releases regarding the problems surrounding the bridge. These press releases have been very honest - to the point that TfL have admitted that they don't know when the bridge will re-open. TfL have also sent emails to everyone registered with them (not just those signed up for updates). Even Boris has given a statement about the bridge, as has Peter Hendy. I'm not sure what else you're hoping to get out of them!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-89682777003746725322012-01-13T07:42:57.989+00:002012-01-13T07:42:57.989+00:00Weird.... Surely simple solution, which would have...Weird.... Surely simple solution, which would have avoided all this argy-bargy would have been for McLeod to have asked Slaughter to be part of the meeting? Organising a meeting in another MPs patch and then not letting him take part does sound like a calculated snub to me. If she really is innocently trying to help, couldn't she have found a church hall in her own constituency? And does she really think that the best way to address this issue is to exclude Slaughter, who - along with your good self - has been the quickest source of accurate information about the flyover crisis, and to be fair to him, has held TfL to account fearlessly over several issues over the last few years. <br />I'm afraid your diagnosis of election fever looks depressingly accurate. Otherwise you've got to feel sorry for the folk of Hounslow, whose MP seems to think that the best way to help them to avoid the traffic on the Broadway is to ........come to a meeting in Hammersmith! At least Slaughter knows his patch.....Tom Dartnoreply@blogger.com