(27 May 2024, 12:46 pm)Adrian wrote I personally wouldn't take advice from Cllr Gannon about how to make a cup of tea, nevermind run a bus service.

I do think you raise a good point though, and I think the Mayor has to be looking beyond the officers at NECA about how to run this thing. Maybe TfGM would be a good start, but I think ex-professionals, no longer tied to a Party likely to bid for work, would be another good source of advice.

It's a massive task here, and simply painting all the buses a different colour isn't going to sort it.

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Imo they need to be building a team to actually run the show rather than just taking advice and in my opinion that team should be totally independent so Gannon should be nowhere near it. 

Politics and running a successful business never works because you end up with decisions based on political gains rather than what actually should be done. 

Kim hasn't half been vocal about the Northumberland Line being delayed but it's strange there's nothing said about the absolute farce with the new Metro trains which are delayed even longer. 

Wonder why that might be...