Reply to: Outsourcing mess

[Lance]

I agree with everything apart from selling the current building. I quite like it. Though I suppose you could convert it, like a church conversion. Has it's own bar and restaurant, so its got the basics covered.

A museum. It's the mother of parliaments supposedly. Should draw as many people as the Tower.

[woohoo]

Creating a Northern House rail network to link Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle?

Then creating a new parliament somewhere in the middle and selling the current building for houses?

I agree with everything apart from selling the current building. I quite like it. Though I suppose you could convert it, like a church conversion. Has it's own bar and restaurant, so its got the basics covered.

[BrilloPad]

The anti-HS2 brigade don't offer an alternative to massively increasing the capacity of the West Coast Main Line, which is full.

Creating a Northern House rail network to link Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle?

Then creating a new parliament somewhere in the middle and selling the current building for houses?

[tomtomagain]

Ok, so they may need longer platforms. In the meantime have the train stop twice at each station, once for each end of the train.

Couldn't they just slow down to 1MPH, open the doors and let everyone jump out as they glide through the station?

[SueEllen]

Isn't Philip Green tied to the Tory Gov. as some kind of financial adviser?

He apparently was removed from the role in December 2016 but no official press release can be found until April 2017.

(Was listening to LBC earlier were Downing Street phoned up to "correct" the presenters. )

[Hobosapien]

The anti-HS2 brigade don't offer an alternative to massively increasing the capacity of the West Coast Main Line, which is full.

They can double the capacity overnight by doubling the length of the existing trains.

Ok, so they may need longer platforms. In the meantime have the train stop twice at each station, once for each end of the train.

[chopper]

So now Carillion has gone under, the Government can safely cancel the ridiculous EU-mandated white elephant?

The anti-HS2 brigade don't offer an alternative to massively increasing the capacity of the West Coast Main Line, which is full.

[OwlHoot]

Could it be the HS2 project was only being kept alive to try and avoid Carillion going under?

So now Carillion has gone under, the Government can safely cancel the ridiculous EU-mandated white elephant?

[mattfx]

Isn't Philip Green tied to the Tory Gov. as some kind of financial adviser?

[meridian]

[cburridge]

And....they are gone!!

2 £ billion contracts awarded since the first profit warning and yet collapsed like a pack of cards.

Any CUK members affected?

Yes, unfortunately.

[Hobosapien]

I did have to check that the chairman wasn't that Philip Green of BHS notoriety.

[woohoo]

I lost a few grand on that one hoping it would bounce. Bailed before it went bankrupt, but no bounce :-(

I heard they dished out divs as late as July!

[MarillionFan]

I bet a lot of fat cats made their short term money in all this mess. Win contracts by bidding the lowest and pocket the sales commission.

Carillion share price: Behind the scenes of the construction giant's annus horribilis | City A.M.

I lost a few grand on that one hoping it would bounce. Bailed before it went bankrupt, but no bounce :-(

[fullyautomatix]

And....they are gone!!

2 £ billion contracts awarded since the first profit warning and yet collapsed like a pack of cards.

Any CUK members affected?