by David Boyle | 13 July 2016 | Blog
An open letter to Andrew Allner, chairman of the Go Ahead Group, ultimately responsible for the Southern Railways franchise. Dear Mr Allner I live in Sussex, the ancient kingdom of the South Saxons. I am hoping that this rings some bells in your mind. Because we...
by David Boyle | 6 July 2016 | Blog
Only a fortnight ago, and so much has happened since. I wrote an open letter to the chief executive of train operators Govia Thameslink Railway, Charles Horton, on this very website. It was read, along with another blog elsewhere, by over 100,000 people (picture above...
by David Boyle | 17 June 2016 | Blog
We are very much remembering Jo Cox. Jo was a civilised, humane and thoughtful politician and we are desperately sorry that she has...
by David Boyle | 14 June 2016 | Blog, Europe in 250 words
The writer and independent MP A. P. Herbert was walking along the Thames at Westminster in July 1940, the day France surrendered to the Nazis, when someone shouted at him from a barge: “Hurray! No allies!” The truth was that this idea, that Britain should no longer...
by David Boyle | 13 June 2016 | Blog
An open letter to Charles Horton, chief executive of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), operators of Southern Railway… Dear Charles Horton We’ve never met, I’m afraid. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you quoted in the newspapers or interviewed on the radio. But...
