"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion." Noam Chomsky
From The Past
Mass Money Wasting Scheme
£2m - New local government funding for planning of a Leeds and Bradford 'mass transit system'.
£500m - Predicted cost of Leeds tram system blocked by Labour government in 2005 in favour of 'rapid bus scheme'.
£250m - Predicted cost of Leeds 'new generation transport' bus scheme blocked by Tory government in 2016.
£72m - Local government money spent on planning those aborted schemes.
Private Eye 1527 - July 31st 2020
