There is a case for putting freight back onto trains.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bank-holiday-travel-chaos-latest-crash-two-lorries-minibus-m1-several-dead-newport-pagnell-a7913831.html

Eight people killed in crash involving minibus and two lorries on M1 

Fatal accidents involving HGV's are all too common on our motorways over the past few decades with the M1, M5 and M6 being the most dangerous. As vehicles become even larger and more heavy, we can expect more congestion and regretably more death's as more vehicles add to the numbers already using our motorway network.This is a direct result of government policies since the 1960's in closing many miles of railway lines and closing  vast sections of our railway network, forcing freight and other goods onto our roads. At the same time, removing any restrictions on the weight or size of goods vehicles and even allowing trailers to be attatched, has resulted in motorways being heavily congested with huge juggernauts not only from the UK, but with many originating from Europe or even beyond. It is only necessay to travel on the M6 through the Midlands, to witness mile upon mile of goods vehicles of all descriptions stretching in all directions as far as the eye can see.

I beleive that there is a compelling case for a huge public investment programme in our railway network, to open new track and produce new rolling stock to draw goods traffic back onto trains to significantly reduce the pressure on the roads and help to reduce the carnage which we witnessed yesterday. 

Our thoughts are with the familes of those killed and with those affected by this awful traffic accident.

Comments

Northern Ireland and Brexit. The return of "The Troubles"

Northern Ireland: police attacked in another night of disturbances | Northern Ireland | The Guardian When the "Brexit" debate was still filling our newspapers and our television screens, readers may remember why I had changed my mind since voting to leave at the referendum vote. Apart from the economic arguments, which had become crystal clear after peeling away all the lies and misrepresentations trotted out by Bozo Boris and his "Get Brexit Done" conspirators, there was always the problem of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Would it be possible to have a border between the European Union and the United Kingdom where people, goods and services could pass freely between the two nations without customs restrictions, tariffs, duties and all the other formalities? Would it be possible to have one part of the United Kingdom treated differently from other parts of the United Kingdom, particularly when Scotland for example had voted overwhe

The Parliamentary Labour Party conspirators are hatching another coup.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/corbyn-labour-leadership-rebel-mps-a7202641.html Labour MPs plan for Corbyn victory and plot how to confront an emboldened leader Even for the "Independent", the number and use of unnamed anonymous "sources" in this article is quite astonishing. However, amongst all the usual speculative delusion, there is one factor which causes concern to anyone who believes in the Labour Party, its principles and in he democratic process of the Labour movement. It is abundantly clear that elements within the Parliamentary Labour Party, are even now, planning another coup in the event that Jeremy Corbyn should emerge as winner in the current ballot. The failed coup of earlier this year, has now descended into a sham leadership election, because the conspirators still fail to accept the democratic decision of the Labour party membership and cling to

Plemont development or return to nature?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey- A date has been set for a public inquiry into plans for Plemont Headland. This exceptional location must be sold to the National trust for Jersey, and returned to nature. Any other outcome involving development of the site, can only demonstrate the extent to which greed and self interest have become endemic in Jersey.

Agenda 2019

Search This Blog