1635 Hrs GMT
London
Saturday
08 May 2010
Editor © Muhammad Haque
Khoodeelaar! Renewing the question: Where are the Crossrail jobs? And what correlation is there between the promised “Crossrail jobs” and the UK state of joblessness? In what part or parts of East London are they’re the supposed “Crossrail jobs” being advertised? And starting when? Nobody knows of any such advertisements. Nobody has heard of "CrossRail jobs" in any part of East London. Not in the normal sense of the word. So whoever is spreading the claim that “CrossRail jobs” exist or will exist in the East End of London in the near future in any way that makes any significant sense in the context of the long term and ordinary unemployment that prevails and has prevailed in the area, is patently lying. Or making irresponsible claims.
Then there is the abuse of statistics. It is historically true that statistics are open to abuse. But even the most callous of the ordinary abuser of statistics would not go to the depth of stupidity that the peddler of Crossrail have done.
Such as the claim that they have made about “CrossRail” “generating” £60 Billion worth of benefits to London over…. Over a period of SEVERAL DECADES! This one is so grotesque that ordinary common sense would simply ignore it. But that will not get rid of this grotesque lie. Why? Because to leave it unchallenged would mean that it is accepted. So here are the questions that this claim raises:
1 Could this same claim not be applied to a programme of building schools?
2 Could this same claim not be applied to a programme of building shops?
3 Could this same claim not be applied to a programme of building houses?
4 Could this same claim not be applied to a programme of building factories?
The answer in each caser is: YES.
Then the next question arises:
If YES then why make “Crossrail” special?
If it is about “creating jobs” under any heading [see the four subjects listed above] then any heading or soonest could be chosen.
The fact that the peddlers of CrossRail have not chosen any other and have confined themselves to Crossrail shows that they are deliberately intent on perpetrating lies.
[To be continued]
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