Part of the answer to that question - I think - is that the government doesn't want too much attention drawn to their contract with Southern, which is an unusual arrangement. It's not a standard franchise agreement.

Grayling is another Specialist In Failure. And can someone please tell me what that cnut Charles Horton does to merit being paid £500k a year ?

The day that ASLEF announced the end of their strike action, my trains to and from Hove were cancelled. Southern are simply incapable of delivering an acceptable service.

Old, Ungifted and White

I actually don't think that's true. I think Grayling has in the background made things worse. There is no way Southern would have gone on this long without the government pulling the strings behind the scenes.

My understanding as to why one union has accepted, but not the other, is that the RMT (rightly or wrongly) were not allowed to form a part of the talks. So there wasn't much chance of them getting to an agreement!

"It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show

One further thing. Don't drag others into the argument you have created. Be a man and argue your own case.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

Lol u squeal like the pig your are when challenged and cry like a baby when one of you many inadequacies are pointed out.

BTW, the article says they arte still in dispute, just like the interview in on breakfast TV.

U need to spend more time with Ting Tong.

I don't mind the trolling, HOL has never changed though this particular poster is more obnoxious than most with his support for parriah states, double standards etc.

I still think I am the only HOL poster who was not close to deaths door who got his own thread courtesy of the KoT.

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"Everything is air-droppable at least once."

"When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support."

I don't want to understand the political bulls*** around the outside of all this but have two kids in their lower teens who use use the train to travel to and from school and tell of the daily scrum, fighting ASB etc that prevails.

The idea that the a driver could have entire responsibility for this as well as for driving the train and getting it to its destination on time is negligent and indefensible.

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How you have perfectly summed up yourself, Matt! I could not agree more with Pefwin's assertion of your tendency to lean towards the pariah state with a strong smattering of double standards.

On a separate note, whilst politicians from all of the main parties can be likewise rightly accused of double standards, so the same can be said of this man:

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