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LT: who's to blame?
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GREATER London Council leader Sir Horace Cutler withstood a no confidence motion earlier this week over his handling of London Transport, reports MIKE RUTHERFORD.
Labour councillor Illtyd Harrington said: -Horace Cutler stands accused. He must take responsibility for making London's transport system the most inefficient and expensive in the world.''
The Leader of the Labour group, Andrew McIntosh, said that the council had a lot to do with the success of London Transport. The Tory front bench appointed the LT board and set the direction for U. "That kind of direction is one of the major causes of London Transport's financial and operational crisis.
"Horace Cutler has got to produce a policy for the Eighties — he's got to do a U-turn on the financial provision for LT."
Sir Horace seemed unperturbed by the minority party's criticisms. The no-confidence motion was wasting another £3000 of Londoners' money, he said.
''I'm not entering into a London Transport debate — why should I?"
Sir Horace defended his reasons for not attending two debates in June owing to prior engagements, one a TV appearance (Andrew McIntosh has accused Sir Horace of trying to avoid debate on the future of London Transport for months).
Labour's Ken Livingstone, who talked about Mr Cutler's "total failure of leadership," was unimpressed with his ex cuses. -It's abominable that on two occasions he failed to attend debates. He's obsessed with the media,he said.
In defence of Sir Horace, George Tremlett said that the leader had merely drawn public attention to the failure of LT.
Labour's Harvey Hinds said that "Sir Horace Cutler is the person most qualified to take London Transport by the scruff of the neck — which he hasn't done."
Labour councillor Yvonne Sieve said that "if we don't solve the crisis the future for London is bleak. It's time Sir Horace Cutler went.