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This occurred before Labour took office - Hendy was the chair of Network Rail at the time. However as Starmer appointed him Transport Minister it'll be interest
by smcl 2y ago
This occurred before Labour took office - Hendy was the chair of Network Rail at the time. However as Starmer appointed him Transport Minister it'll be interesting to see what he does. I think it'll just be swept aside and ignored because they're too focussed on Austerity 2.0
- rsynnott 2y agoHonestly I’d expect they just fire Hendy; only in the job a month, so low cost of replacement, and it’s a bad look.
- smcl 2y agoYou'd hope so but Starmer's a bit weird - seems to want to look like he's in charge (suspending the seven who voted against the government on the 2 child cap) so it wouldn't surprise me if he tries to brush it off and do nothing. The papers are largely all still with him and I haven't seen this story getting picked up outside Politico so it's possible they'll just agree to spike it and move on :-/
- keyshapegeo99 2y agoGuardian are reporting on it now, so it's slowly trickling out.
- smcl 2y agoYeah I just saw now, that's good.