Isn't it all abit draining all this about the off an on Metrolink extension?

And it's it all abit sickening how Westminster politicians and Whitehall treats Manchester ( and any other point out of London) like a distant out post of the British Empire.

Get this, our government is stuttering over a few dozen miles of tramlines that might cost them a pin prick of the Treasury's annual budget.A system that will be profitable and popular.

Erm, funny that, because the same levels of prudence are forgotten when it comes to paying for the illegal invasion of Iraq, to ID cards; and no doubt; the new Trident nuclear missiles.

And I dont expect any monies raised by a Manchester Congestion Charge to go into public transport. As the Treasury will quickly become depend on all our Road/Fuel?Congestion taxes, it wouldnt want to pay for public transport system that will reduce the number of car users and thus less money for the politicians and mandarins to play wargames with.

I hope the Metrolink extension goes ahead. But sadly until we have strong and real local powers for Greater Manchester, I guess this exhausting struggle for crumbs will continue.

   Oh John. Still a little sore that your man lost his seat? I understand that the LD candidate spent most of the election campaign trying to 'save the NHS' in his local area. It took me 2 months to find a doctor in Chorlton! After 8 years of Labour. Pathetic.