Video: Failing Grayling gets a ‘warm’ Scouse welcome in Liverpool
Useless Transport Secretary Chris Grayling – who has presided over scandals, squirmed over Russian donations to his party and is very familiar with what it’s like to be ‘owned‘ by […]
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Poundland owns Thameslink on Twitter spectacularly – as McDonald owns Grayling
An attempt by rail company Thameslink to defuse the anger of its passengers over poor service has backfired spectacularly and its shorthand earned it a free ‘pounding’ on social media […]
Tories agree with Labour as East Coast Rail franchise to be scrapped
The renationalisation of rail franchises has been and remains a flagship Labour policy under Jeremy Corbyn – and a popular one, with over three quarters of voters saying last autumn […]
Under-25s to save £1,000 a year as Labour promises free bus travel
Labour is announcing a new policy to fund free bus travel for those under the age of twenty-five across the country. The next Labour government will provide funds for free travel […]
Labour to demand answers from Chris Grayling on Virgin/Stagecoach bail-out
Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald will today demand that the Secretary of State, Chris Grayling, detail the cost to the public purse of the recent taxpayer bailout of Virgin/Stagecoach […]
Labour’s McDonald’s #RailFail campaign day halted – by broken down train
As the SKWAWKBOX covered earlier, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald has responded to the announcement of the biggest hike in rail fares in five years with video and personal […]
#RailFail: Virgin East Coast shows how not to do customer service with sexism response
When it’s recently been announced that your rail franchise is going to be terminated three years early in a bailout costing taxpayers up to £2bn and your whole industry is […]
McDonald hits Tories over their #RailFail and reaffirms Labour’s nationalisation plans
Labour’s excellent Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald has criticised the Tories over the government’s continuing rail failure. Fares have risen today by their highest amount in five years, in spite […]
Video: McDonald on the scandal of the £2bn East Coast Rail bail-out
Labour’s excellent Shadow Transport Secretary, Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald, has issued a strong video statement on the government’s £2 billion bail-out of the failed East Coast rail franchise – and on […]
Labour to save rail passengers over £1k #GE17
Labour has announced measures that will save rail passengers a thousand pounds if the party is elected next week, in a move that will put further pressure on the Conservatives […]