1200 Hrs GMT London Thursday 8 November 2007: Khoodeelaar! told you so! That ‘Crossrail’ was NOT an ordinary transport project top meet the ordinary transport needs of the people of London.. but that it was a tool, an excuse, a ploy to divert attention away from the real transport needs that do exist in London and in the rest of the UK.. Khoodeelaar! has been alone in saying for the past 47 months that the ‘London Crossrail’ scam was nothing to do with addressing the transport needs of Londoners but that this Crossrail plot was a device to advance non-transport ’causes’. To make doubly sure that we have got our facts right and the conclusions right about those who keep promoting the pro-Crossrail lies, we are publishing this week another representative sample of those lies and fantasies so that when we do publish our next updated dissection of the Crossrail hole Plot package itself [known as the ‘Crossrail Bill’, included in the carry-over measures prior to the ‘Queen’s Speech’ delivered on Tuesday 6 November 2007], it is seen by all concerned that we have relied on transparent evidence that is independently available in the public domain and that our opposition to the Crossrail plot is sound, sensible and sustainable in the short term in the medium term and in the long term…..

1200 Hrs GMT London Thursday 8 November 2007: Khoodeelaar! told you so! That ‘Crossrail’ was NOT an ordinary transport project top meet the ordinary transport needs of the people of London.. but that it was a tool, an excuse, a ploy to divert attention away from the real transport needs that do exist in London and in the rest of the UK.. Khoodeelaar! has been alone in saying for the past 47 months that the ‘London Crossrail’ scam was nothing to do with addressing the transport needs of Londoners but that this Crossrail plot  was a device to advance non-transport ’causes’. To make doubly sure that we have got our facts right and the conclusions right about those who keep promoting the pro-Crossrail lies, we are publishing this week another representative sample of those lies and fantasies so that when we do publish our next  updated dissection of the Crossrail hole Plot package itself [known as the ‘Crossrail Bill’, included in the carry-over measures prior to the ‘Queen’s Speech’ delivered on Tuesday 6 November 2007], it is seen by all concerned that we have relied on transparent evidence that is independently available in the public domain and that our opposition to the Crossrail plot is sound, sensible and sustainable in the short term in  the medium term and in the long term…..  to understand juts how fanatical and zombified the apparently ordinary propaganda dupees of the Crossrail mantra have become, it is necessary to actually read and examine their output,. like this ‘opinion’ piece published by the Maidenhead Advertiser’, the location which is very close to the parliamentary constituency remits of the UK House of  Commons opposition leader, Theresa ‘the shoes’ may. when Theresa May ‘MP’, appeared on  the UK TV news programme channel 4 news this week, to apparently comment on the contents and the implications of the ‘queen’s speech’ [Tuesday 6 November 2007], she did not refer to Crossrail. yet it had been hyped up as being one of the legislative projects that had been carried-over to the next session in the UK parliament. given that Theresa May has been making a lot of ‘local’ noise in her constituency appearing to be another fanatic zealot plugging for Crossrail line to be extended to the rest of the world to the west of Paddington, her failure to  omit [drop, leave out] all references to Crossrail in the talking-head slot with Jon slow snow is remarkable.         [To be continued] ___________________________________________________ Don’t be remembered for murdering the town 

I would like to know who the council asked when they reached the perverse conclusion that motorists ‘prefer pay and display’. I am considering asking for information on this under the Freedom of Information legislation. Surely the fact that the Sainsbury’s car park is rarely full and the Nicholson’s Walk car park is full should tell the council something. The car park costs in Maidenhead are a deterrent to shopping in Maidenhead, so shops close and the council wrings its hands, but does not see what is plain to residents. We need councillors who can take the decisions we need – cheaper, easier parking attracts trade. Maidenhead has a once in a century opportunity to grow in prosperity with the eventual arrival of Crossrail. We need to encourage a strong town centre with independent shops and part of the way to do that is parking. If we have a strong town centre Maidenhead will not just be the place you change trains. We will need to develop a variety of houses and more schools and doctors to meet the challenge of Crossrail, and we need to start work on this now. I challenge the council to start work for Maidenhead’s future by looking beyond the next election. If they can do this they will go down in local history as heroes, if not they will be guilty of murdering the town, and will all be remembered for it.   RICHARD FALCONER Hargrave Road Maidenhead