Going off the rails ....

In a bizzare turn of events one national figure of ridicule announces its failure in the wake of the death of another.

Micheal Jackson is long past his picnic basket sell by date, madder than a whole set full of badgers he has finally moonwalked off to that great never-never land in the sky.
Overdose, heart failure, who the hell knows but we all know its not going to be straight forward. Autopsy and documentary theories will follow I have no doubt.

In the midst of this outflowing of tacky plastic media mourning for a rich and ready source of wacky newsfill the bosses of network rail announce a BIG bonus.

There were accusations - strongly denied by Network Rail - that the company had attempted to "bury bad news" on the day Michael Jackson's death dominated news coverage.

"They are treating passengers and ministers with contempt. And their cynicism in trying to bury bad news on the day of Michael Jackson's sad death is truly breathtaking." said Transport Salaried Staffs Association leader Gerry Doherty

BBC transport correspondent Tom Symonds said Network Rail strongly denied it waited until the death of Michael Jackson to release its annual report and details of executive bonuses, in an attempt to "bury bad news".

Network Rail says the annual report was put in the post on Thursday, before the singer's death. (great statement !)

A spokesman said that "the general secretary of the TSSA, Gerry Doherty, should have found it in his mail this morning". - before he turned on news 24 then !

Lets face it - can you believe that the boys at Network Rail having decided to give themselves a few quid in the back pocket said " 'ol jackson looks peaky lets give it a week or two"

These boys can't even manage a 4 day rail upgrade on time with a years notice !!

I don't know what is more stupid ......

The gushing tributes to a washed up but truly sad nutter, a complex time dependent conspiracy theory based around the most random person on the planet or the thought that rail execs who have failed almost every performance test thought that a bonus was a good idea.

A great story sad for all the wong reasons