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January 29, 2006

Were they purchasing votes?

I see in the newspaper this morning that the Government is writing off a load of 6.5 million pounds it made to the Rover group just before the last election in a vain, last-ditch attempt to save the company.

That 6.5 million could have bought TWO brand new trains for the TransWilts service - to provide a through service every 2 hours direct from Salisbury to Swindon - and would have paid the running costs completely for the first three years too.

Posted by gje at January 29, 2006 08:59 AM