0958 [0940] [0710] GMT London Wednesday 18 November 2009:
Editor © Muhammad Haque.
KHOODEELAAR! Told you so! That the London EVENING nostandards STANDARD was crass. We said this in February 2004 when we first put a letter of evidential rebuttal against the peddling for CRASSrail by Ken Livingstone who was then the peddler-in-chief for City of London CRASSrail scam.
The EVENING STANDARD was in the grip of a lying agenda in February 2004.
The London EVENING nostandards STANDARD was undergoing a period of massive suppression of the truth and it was ferociously racistly mis-edited by Veronica Wadley over the years that witnessed the formal passage of the Big Business CRASSrail package as the ‘Crossrail Bill’ into the “Crossrail Act”. During most of that period, February 2004 to July 2008 [the latter time point when the CRASS Crossrail Bill was given the robber-stamp under the expressly crass aegis of Harriet Harman going OTT in her own stooged role for Big Business wearing her licence as the officially designated ‘leader’ of the House of Commons in the Palace of Ghostsminster] the standardless London EVENING STANDARD carried lies after fabricated lies for the City of London CRASSrole playing Crossrail scam agenda…And it was ceaselessly publishing the fraudulent endorsement of the scam by the ‘local London’ fraudulence-personification Tony Travers. Travers was presenting the usual travesty of the truth as he was justifying his expertise fees. As this was going on, Veronica Wadley was posing as an objective editor as she also engaged in a two-fronted ‘mini-war’ on Ken Livingstone. One front was most unpredictably opened by Ken Livingstone’s stupid assault on the rights and the humanity of a then still unknown reporter called Oliver Finegold [in whose defence we have published over 30 separate items in the past years] and the other was her deeply corrupt promotion of CRASSrail, the City of London and every single piece of sleaze ball dirt-carrier self-server that was adept at jumping onboard the Crossrail scam wagon. In effect it was not a ‘war’ of any sort at all. It was a ploy to make the EVENING STANDARD look neutral when in fact she [then Editor Veronica Wadley] has been professionally and evidentially incapable of being neutral in the International objective sense of the term. She managed to publish lies for Crossrail and in doing so created the untruthful cut-and-paste-proof that ‘the London local newspaper backed the scam’. Suddenly, the Wadley reign was at an end at the lying title. And so we began to see the appearance of a concession to the truth. Very tokenistic, very untruthful in itself. No more than a concession. Which is an outrage and a disgrace. So the so-called new regime – making losses already and this despite the dropping of a cover price for the sinking title- is still labouring under the legacies of lies left behind by Wadley in her wake. It is for this reason that the CURRENT Crossrail agenda assault [as at 18 November 2009] on the ordinary, mostly small businesses in SOHO in central London has been given the pathetic, half-hearted space and prominence in the London EVENING nostandards STANDARD. We here reproduce the latest piece on SOHO as carried by the London EVENING STANDARD website:
Crossrail is forcing us out of business and the compensation is tiny, say firms
Sri Carmichael and Benedict Moore-Bridger
17.11.09
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Firms being forced out to make way for Crossrail denounced the compensation process as “appalling” today.
Companies in Dean Street, Soho, accused transport bosses of throwing them out without giving them sufficient cash to pay for the move.
More than 80 got only three months' notice to vacate premises by tomorrow so a ticket hall for the £16 billion project can be built for Tottenham Court Road. Demolition is due to start in the new year. Most of the shops, pubs, restaurants and law, media and PR firms have already left, with retailers holding discount sales. Many have leases rather than own the freehold of buildings, and want their relocation costs reimbursed.
Today campaigners claimed Crossrail was “playing hardball”, offering a “fraction” of moving costs. Some firms are shutting permanently. Laura Carr, 27, manager of the Couch Bar, said: “It's the end. I've been selling off furniture.”
Holly Hartley, 45, a co-owner of Short Films, said the estimated cost of moving was £32,000, adding: “Crossrail has offered us £1,000 but I'm not going to accept it.” A Crossrail spokesman said: “All claims are dealt with under the terms of the National Compensation Code and many are ongoing.” Landlords were offered 90 per cent of “assessed property value” and there is a helpline.
We have been given the worst Christmas ever'
Domenico Savaresa, 45_Owner, Spaccanapoli restaurant,_101 Dean St_Open: 17 years_Closing_Job losses: 24_“We are a very successful business but could not find anywhere suitable to move to in just three months. The employees are not going to find jobs now. I spent 17 years of my life working to build this place up and now I have nothing. I just have to worry about if and when I get any kind of compensation. It is devastating, but more for my staff.”
Sami Pour, 50_Owner, Donelli shoe shop, 102 Dean St_Open: 30 years_Estimated cost of moving: £300,000_Job losses: potentially four_Mr Pour said he was expecting to lose “tens if not hundreds of thousands of pounds” as lawyers had advised him compensation offered by Crossrail would be “minimal”. He said: “It is not easy to find suitable replacement premises. In the meantime we have to close and I am preparing to lose out [in takings while the shoe shop is closed]. It's like the reverse of winning the lottery.”
Roddy Gye, 58_Owner, GHA Group (media technology), 1 Great Chapel St_Open: 24 years_Estimated cost of moving: £10,000- £12,000_Job losses: none_“All my staff have been working full-time on the move, which has taken weeks of management. We are a small business and have had to find new premises but have no clue what sort of compensation we are going to get. Our concern is the cost involved. It is extremely disruptive. We were not given formal notice until three months before D-day' — not a lot of time.”
Laura Carr, 27_Manager, Couch bar_97-99 Dean St_Open: nine years_Closing_Job losses: 11_“We made a decision to close on Saturday. We have not been looking for a new venue, that's it — end of. The bar was quite successful and popular: Soho is quite insular — there's a big community feel — and so it is a shame it's going. I don't think anybody has got compensation yet. In some ways I understand why the development is happening, but I employed 10 staff. The last place I worked at was shut down too.”
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In reply to Jonb, I have supported Boris in promoting Crossrail because whatever decisions Boris takes on supporting or denouncing projects proposed by our previous mayor is the correct one. Ken supporting Crossrail was a mistake, because he was Ken, and Ken was a complete disaster. It's a simple concept that I presume you are unable to grasp because you are not a fan of Boris.__- Sarah, London
Luke is very much alone in supporting Crossrail with the City. The rest of London does not want to bankroll the City banking failures unlike Boris and Ken and their parties. On top of this, the public are having to pay out most of the £16bn+ for a railway line that replicates the central line and destroys important residential areas and now small business areas of London unless that is you do not care for the social fabric of London. Crossrail is a financial, economic and environmental millstone for Londoners. It is odd that the City do not like paying for anything and yet they claim to be successful. Shambolic__- Val Keller, London UK
Sarah, I am surprised you are blaming Ken - for all the comments on Crossrail you have left up to now, the credit for Crossrail is all with Boris!!__- Jonb, London
And so thanks to Ken Livingstone's support for this monstrous railway ploughing its way through central London which caught the imagination of the government, we now have a situation where the historical fabric of this city is being ripped apart all in the name of helping a few bankrupt City workers get to their surburbia a little bit quicker. The legacy of Crossrail and Livingstone continues to ruin lives long after he has gone.__- Sarah, London
If my memory serves me well Crossrail has ear marked a station ticket hall at Dean Street since the scheme began in the early 1990s. How anyone can say this is suprise is beyond me.__There is no "good time" for a CPO and I really feel sorry for owners who have to move out - (especially Spaccanapoli - I'll miss your brilliant pizzas!) but businesses really should have started making plans when the scheme got its green light for parliament in July last year.__Crossrail is coming and about time too!__- Luke, London
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