30 November 2018
Dear Michael
You mentioned American aggression in depth charging the Russian submarines that could easily have sunk one of them. Does this not make the USA more culpable, especially when you omitted to mention the American Jupiter missiles on the border with the USSR, in Turkey that could have given the 'enemy' the idea of doing the same by making use of Cuba? Or, am I misinformed?
With my ongoing campaign to get the UK's last, half finished and easily reinstated mainline railway of 120 Kms, I add this:
"It would help if we put a stop to the 60 years old idiocy of destroying and wasting our railway network in the West Midlands. Over 100 Kms gone for good and 106 Kms still used only for freight or mothballed. For 100 years, all 200 Kms were used for freight and passenger trains. Totally unnecessary greenhouse gases are being added from people in the Black Country and Brum using cars when they could be using commuter and regional trains. There are now moves to get 20 Kms back into use but that still leaves 86 Kms wasted. Of the 86 Kms left, trams on a total of 6.7 Kms will destroy any hope of getting the 56 Kms finished with trains from Derby to Devon via Dudley and Burton to Bristol via Brierley Hill. And the only feasible site for a rebuilt Dudley Castle Hill railway station is being destroyed with buildings. And they are not station buildings!
THIS AUTUMN’S IDIOCY
£1.5 billion for tram routes and Sprint diesel buses to replace buses on those routes and to stop for ever commuter and regional trains from returning. More money than sense. I think the sensible thing to do is to use all of that money to give fareless buses for all and not just the few; to replace diesel buses with electric; and, bring in 100% bus lanes and traffic light priority for buses. The purpose is to free up road space for drivers who really do need their vehicles for their jobs. I’m the true friend of the motorist.
Best wishes and thanks for the great programmes.
Tim
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