Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Damian Collins’ run of columns in the local papers came to an end last week as Mr. Howard resumed writing duties.
Generously Mr. Collins has used some of his spare time to…err…write another column for the Herald, this time about the first run of the new high speed train. Readers only have to turn to page 4 to get to the column complete with large picture of Mr. Collins with the train and local dignitaries. In a well written piece (http://www.damiancollins.com/record.jsp?type=news&ID=366 – it was NOT printed in the Kentish Express) Mr. Collins goes through the usual praise of the new service and asserts that “this could be one of the greatest economic benefits we have received since the opening of the Tunnel”, without going into detail what those benefits have been.
In addition to the high-speed service, South Eastern Trains has also agreed to maintain a slower service to Charing Cross (the high speed link goes to St. Pancreas). A large part of the latter development is due to lobbying from district politicians, local interest groups and Rail for Folkestone… but not Damian Collins.
Edit October 2 - credit where credit's due - one of the Rail 4 Folkestone group wrote to the Herald highlighting the role of Michael Howard in lobbying for the High Speed service. Genuinely something Mr. Howard can be proud of as he retires.
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thanks for the interest in my column and the article on the High Speed train
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