Merseytrams de-railed

You can read local reaction to the Government's decision not to fund Merseytram here.

Lots of different views about who's to blame, but I have to say I was never convinced this scheme was that well thought through anyway. While Liverpool (John Lennon) Airport clearly needs better transport links to the city centre, one of the planned routes - to Kirkby - is already served by Mersey Rail and a decent local bus service.

However, whatever its rights or wrongs, its no doubt that the failure of the project will hit the city hard.

Perhaps the biggest scandal in all this is that some £30m has already been spent on the project - public money which has disappeared into the financial black-hole which is Liverpool's growing 'consultancy' industry.