• GuStJaR@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I love how Hendy’s (the UK rail minister) wiki page has already been updated. He now has two controversial incidents…

    "In 2013, Peter Hendy, who was then the Commissioner of Transport for London, was accused of engaging in a nine-month extramarital affair with a call girl. She alleged that Hendy provided her with several Oyster cards loaded with £10 as gifts.[18]

    In 2024, Hendy faced significant criticism after a letter, released under a Freedom of Information request, revealed he pressured SYSTRA to dismiss an employee, rail engineer Gareth Dennis, for publicly voicing safety concerns regarding overcrowding at London’s Euston station"

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      2 months ago

      If you read his letter. He is useing government resorces to silance a critic of himself.

      He claims it is Network Rail the engineer critisized. But over crowding laws and enforcment is a government job. His department in the case of rail.

      Also the critisism thar the station is dangerouslt overcroded has already been made by the government road and rail safty department OOR. A non ministerial department under his department.

      Also if he was correct he was chair of Network Rail from 2015 to 2023.

      So he is very much using governmene resources and spending to restrict critisizing his own actions and roles.

      Seriosly this is an extremely abusinve and narcissistic use of his power.