Railtrack: More deaths, and a Resignation
Cares He Who | 18.10.2000 19:15
Gerald Corbett has kindly offered his resignation, If the Killertrack board so accept !
Resignation ! The Labour government should sack them all, and bring criminal charges.
Resignation ! The Labour government should sack them all, and bring criminal charges.
The government-sponsored Railtrack, the private monopoly responsible for the infrastructure of Britain's railways, has been indicted for the latest killings on the line, near Hatfield, north of London. Four people are dead.
A few days ago we subjected to the sickening sight of Gerald Corbett, the chief of Railtrack, joining mourners in a public (christian) grieving ceremony. Fine, but how come Railtrack refused to co-operate with the ongoing public enquiry into the Southall and Labroke Grove diastsers, unless granted immunity from prosecution ? How come the government accepted to be talked terms to by a public service, privatised or otherwise ? How come that almost imperceptibly, due-process and rule-of-law ( for all their feebleness) have become replaced by power bases and "Bestimmer Mich?". Truth is, civic life is adrift: nobody knows the rules anymore, or even the chain -of -command. Its dissolving in a sea of unaccountability.
It must stop now. Labour must renationalize the railways without compensation immediately.
And spare us your compassion, Mr Gerald (£400000pa + bonus) Corbett.
See also recent article: "Railtrack"
A few days ago we subjected to the sickening sight of Gerald Corbett, the chief of Railtrack, joining mourners in a public (christian) grieving ceremony. Fine, but how come Railtrack refused to co-operate with the ongoing public enquiry into the Southall and Labroke Grove diastsers, unless granted immunity from prosecution ? How come the government accepted to be talked terms to by a public service, privatised or otherwise ? How come that almost imperceptibly, due-process and rule-of-law ( for all their feebleness) have become replaced by power bases and "Bestimmer Mich?". Truth is, civic life is adrift: nobody knows the rules anymore, or even the chain -of -command. Its dissolving in a sea of unaccountability.
It must stop now. Labour must renationalize the railways without compensation immediately.
And spare us your compassion, Mr Gerald (£400000pa + bonus) Corbett.
See also recent article: "Railtrack"
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gesture
19.10.2000 07:28
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Pulling strings for Corbett
19.10.2000 13:58
In a strange inversion of supposed public sympathies, we are now being invited to show understanding for the plight of gerald corbett. suddenly all attest to his abilities and sincerity, not only the board of Roguetrack, but, astonishingly, the Ladbroke Grove Survivors group, and bizarrely, the ITN Transport correspondent, who 'knows him well'. Behind the scenes, a lot of people are scuttling around, manipulating public opinion and putting pressure on potential critics. Even the terms of debate have shifted: from 'scrap privatization' it has degenerated into enquries and how better Railtrack may serve its hallowed purpose.
But who is doing this ? Corbett is part of the Cambridge Univeristy and Harvard Business School alumni and we can be sure that the British 'establishment' (thats such things as the church, crown, military, private clubs, judiciary,and Oxford-cambridge), the ones who really run the show, are saving their own man in his hour of need.
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19.10.2000 14:01
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