London Underground fights to the last

摘要

'We are being asked to write a blank cheque in order to prop up an ailing and failing Tube Lines, and to guarantee massive and secretive payments of ￡400m to its shareholders, Ferrovial and Bechtel', said Mayor of London Boris Johnson on March 10. 'In other countries this would be called looting, here it is called the PPP'.rnResponding to the Arbiter's draft directions on finance, Johnson said 'we will fight this to the last and are seeking urgent advice on the Arbiter's idea to pass Tube Lines' obligations to raise finance on to London's fare and taxpayers'. He added: 'we are therefore examining all our options, including legal remedies'.