UKIP and the M4
Sums up the issues neatly!
Originally posted on Official Gawain Blog:
Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, has tried to get to Port Talbot. For some reason he drove, rather than taking advantage of the 2hr 37minute train journey from London Paddington to Port Talbot Parkway (a rather battered station which has 509,976 users, down by 4,500 from last year for some reason).
Although the train takes under 160 minutes, the car journey is apparently advertised as 210-240 minutes so he allowed that. Alas, it took him 360 minutes and he missed his��big event at Margam Park.
There are various ways to respond to such a problem when questioned about it. He could of course have said:
These things happen.
But that doesn���t sound very convincing, so he didn���t.
He could have followed the great politician line of blaming someone else:
Obviously Google���s journey planner is over-optimistic and I���ll have to look elsewhere next time.
But that would���
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