[hexbin010]

As a taxpayer, I can't stomach such acceptance of incompetence and mismanagement and corruption in the UK, personally.

It was a "litany of avoidable failures" as the Hardie report explained.

It does look like a tremendous success now though (not financially though. A double whammy for the taxpayer). The ends justify the means I guess?

[arethuza]

Indeed, I wasn't trying to defend the management of the trams project - which did seem a farce.

Mind you - the investigation into the trams itself took far longer than expected and cost far more than anyone thought it should...

[hexbin010]

> the investigation into the trams itself took far longer than expected and cost far more than anyone thought it should

It's like the dessert coming out after the buffet! Doubles all round!