Cost overrun

[Doctor Gollum]

The problem is the lack of imagination & foresight of our politicians where they think almost 200 year old steel rail technology is the future

I think the lack of imagination is with the rail industry TBH. Which in itself is pretty much still of civil service mentality, so they will never have the imagination.

I think that a lack of imagination and innovation is the cancer of middle management generally. Unfortunately it spreads a malaise of zombieism through the affected companies making it increasingly frustrating for anyone with an ounce of either to remain motivated. 

[New POD]

it's over budget, because the contract is not fixed price.

Having worked on a Government funded cost plus project, the only motivation of the main contractor was to make as much out of it as possible.  As a contractor to a contractor to the main contractor, I had a discussion early on about my booking more than 38 hours a week.
I explained, that work would be done by someone else, if not by us,  so the more hours I did, the more hours they could charge for, and because they were charging me at twice my hourly rate, extra hours meant more profit for their shareholders. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Yet you think the EU is a good thing

[New POD]

Yet you think the EU is a good thing

No.  I thought the COST of removing ourselves from it and the turmoil, and massive unplanned change, and volatility wasn't worth the risk.

[Doctor Gollum]

Effectively the same thing

[Viral_Jim]

Effectively the same thing

Regardless of context you are wrong.


It is perfectly possible to view a person/situation/organisation neutrally or even negatively and still believe maintaining the status quo is the least worst option.

Human decision making has, for millennia been based on choosing the least worst option.

[Doctor Gollum]

Something being 'less' bad doesn't make it 'good'. Not by a long shot.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Human decision making has, for millennia been based on choosing the least worst option.

Which is exactly what 17.4 million people did! 

[Raeturbo]

Three years ago and we still haven't got it! C'mon Boris👍

[TheBoy]

I see the old Victorian transport system has completely collapsed.  Yet the 20th century transport system has not suffered any issues today.

[Rods2]

Sun shines in the summer & the country gets hotter, leaves fall every autumn & it gets colder every winter. National rail are always shocked, surprised & caught out without warning that such things happen! How can anybody be expected to know this? 

[Raeturbo]

You forgot the 'different type of snow'!

[Kevin Wood]

I see the old Victorian transport system has completely collapsed.  Yet the 20th century transport system has not suffered any issues today.

Kinda makes you wonder how they have trains that work in places like India and Mexico where it gets proper hot.

[STEMO]

I see the old Victorian transport system has completely collapsed.  Yet the 20th century transport system has not suffered any issues today.

Kinda makes you wonder how they have trains that work in places like India and Mexico where it gets proper hot.

They are held firmly onto the rails by the hundred odd people on the roof.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Why don't we do that here then ? If they have trouble picking out who should be on the roof I will nominate them and wont even charge for my services.