KHOODEELAAR! commenting [3] on the UK Opposition spokesman Phillip Hammond's admission that Crossrail is on the list of scams to be cut!

1635 Hrs GMT
London Thursday 7 May 2009

KHOODEELAAR! Organiser Muhammad Haque has told the London EVENING STANDARD the following, as the first detailed KHOODEELAAR! comment on the report today by the STANDARD about the exchanges between Yvette Cooper and Phillip Hammond in the UK House of Commons yesterday [Wednesday 6 May 2009] about Crossrail

Your report gives a picture of the two 'main' parties representing dishonesty almost in equal measure. Yvette Cooper, as based on your report above, is being irresponsible and incompetent - in economic and financial terms.. She is peddling the message that Gordon Brown has made into an art form. Like his image of prudence. She has dumped Prudence now. But when he has flaunting prudence, there was no sign that he was faking it all the while. it is vacuous and unproductive in the context of the economy. Phillip Hammond is over-tangled in his own confusions. What BOTH need to say is: what is the evidence for Crossrail. OIf the evidence exists then they should back it. If the evidence does not exist then they should scarp it. KHOODEELAAR! the campaign against Crossrail agenda has been asking the DfT [UK Department for Transport] to provide evidence. There has been none. We began probing the DfT role and the validity of the Crossrail scam YEARS before Rod Eddington was even known to exist in this context. Eddington ADVISED Gordon Brown against Crossrail. This was reported on Channel 4 News in October 2007. The US business publisher Forbes also reported [2006] that Eddington had NOT endorsed Crossrail. Eddington was Gordon Brown’s very specialist investigator! On 19 July 2005, when the UK House of Commons formally approved the ‘instructions’ on the Crossrail Bill with special reference to the remits of the [House of Commons] Crossrail Bill Select Committee, it EFFECTIVELY BANNED the Select Committee from looking too closely or rigorously for evidence! So what on earth is Phillip Hammond basing, as you report, his opinion that Crossrail is a ‘good’ ANYTHING on? It is understandable if Mr Hammond and others in his frame of mind now a days get a little too excited about prospects of power and in that state begin to make nonsensical statements. But it is almost likely that power will bring serious perils of embarrassment to these craven egos unless they behave as the next team with manifest responsibility and honesty and unless they are careful with the exercise of power. Crossrail has NOT been demonstrated as being based on evidence of the UK economy. Crossrail has been a hyped up tool and a pretext for interests other than those who want to improve transport in and around London. It is tie to address the EXISTING transport needs and infrastructure maintenance. Stop the diversions. They can be very unsafe. Crossrail is. 1722 Hrs Thursday 7 May 2009