Comments on: Education officials spent £10m on first-class fares http://www.parentsoutloud.com/education-officials-spent-10m-on-first-class-fares/ Helping provide a voice for Parents Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:05:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mike http://www.parentsoutloud.com/education-officials-spent-10m-on-first-class-fares/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Mike Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:16:10 +0000 http://www.parentsoutloud.com/?p=1101#comment-808 Many thanks for exposing this iniquitous state of affairs. If, as they say, this £9million was ONLY for what was spent on 1st. class tickets, and yet the MAJORITY of tickets bought were standard class, what on earth was the TOTAL spent? It also raises the question; Do they also claim for 1st class service food and drinks during these journeys. Many years back, when the Railways were a national asset (?), I seem to remember that all Government Officials were given rail passes for such journeys, which, seeing as how the trains were running anyway, virtualy cost the tax payers nothing. Now we have to pay the exhorbitant charges of the franchisees. The loss of this huge amount, that could have been spent on improving our children's education, can only be described as tragic! I serve on an advisory housing forum where we hold regular meetings with other distant groups. My daughter who is the Marketing Director of a multi billion turnover company, does likewise. We both use recorded video-links to hold regular meetings, where we can clearly hear each other and see each other on a video screen, saving millions it would cost in lost time and on train fares to London, or similar venu. Being recorded also affords us the opertunity to review who said what at any future date. It is disgusting the way this Government and local authorities spend our tax money with gay abandon, on luxuries that are entirely unjustified. It is time they and their cronies were made to realise that they are PUBLIC SERVANTS, paid by us. NOT LORDS OF THE MANOR; with us to foot-the-bill for their extravagant life styles! If, as the DCSF Spokesman claims, most of the conferencing is done by videophone, why this huge cost of travel? All of it should be done this way, with say just one annual meeting to retain personal contacts. And lastly, who is this un-named Spokesman. I am heartily sick and tired of these PUBLIC SERVANTS, and others, who hide behind this subterfuge, where we are never given a name. This prevents us, their "Paymasters", from knowing who these persons are and therefore who to contact if we have relevant comments or suggestions to make. I am aware that the Media do not alway wish to divulge their sources of information, but there should be no secrecy, or protection in cases like this! It just gives them the opportunity to claim it wasn't them, or that they were misquoted. A statement of time, date and place would also establish the authenticity. Again thankyou for keeping us informed. Quo Vadis England! Many thanks for exposing this iniquitous state of affairs.
If, as they say, this £9million was ONLY for what was spent on 1st. class tickets, and yet the MAJORITY of tickets bought were standard class, what on earth was the TOTAL spent? It also raises the question; Do they also claim for 1st class service food and drinks during these journeys. Many years back, when the Railways were a national asset (?), I seem to remember that all Government Officials were given rail passes for such journeys, which, seeing as how the trains were running anyway, virtualy cost the tax payers nothing. Now we have to pay the exhorbitant charges of the franchisees. The loss of this huge amount, that could have been spent on improving our children’s education, can only be described as tragic!
I serve on an advisory housing forum where we hold regular meetings with other distant groups. My daughter who is the Marketing Director of a multi billion turnover company, does likewise. We both use recorded video-links to hold regular meetings, where we can clearly hear each other and see each other on a video screen, saving millions it would cost in lost time and on train fares to London, or similar venu. Being recorded also affords us the opertunity to review who said what at any future date.
It is disgusting the way this Government and local authorities spend our tax money with gay abandon, on luxuries that are entirely unjustified.
It is time they and their cronies were made to realise that they are PUBLIC SERVANTS, paid by us. NOT LORDS OF THE MANOR; with us to foot-the-bill for their extravagant life styles!
If, as the DCSF Spokesman claims, most of the conferencing is done by videophone, why this huge cost of travel? All of it should be done this way, with say just one annual meeting to retain personal contacts.
And lastly, who is this un-named Spokesman. I am heartily sick and tired of these PUBLIC SERVANTS, and others, who hide behind this subterfuge, where we are never given a name. This prevents us, their “Paymasters”, from knowing who these persons are and therefore who to contact if we have relevant comments or suggestions to make. I am aware that the Media do not alway wish to divulge their sources of information, but there should be no secrecy, or protection in cases like this! It just gives them the opportunity to claim it wasn’t them, or that they were misquoted. A statement of time, date and place would also establish the authenticity.
Again thankyou for keeping us informed.

Quo Vadis England!

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