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Emotive language used by the Prime Minister and his senior colleagues is helping the far-right British National Party Sir Bill

Emotive language used by the Prime Minister and his senior colleagues is helping the far-right British National Party, Sir Bill Morris has warned. And the country’s biggest rail unions threatened to take industrial action unless the private contracts for track maintenance were suspended.The unions claimed that drivers had recently, and repeatedly, warned about problems on the track in north London. Maintenance work on points had been carried out on that stretch on Saturday night. London Underground said early indications were that the derailment was due to faults on the track rather than the train.An investigation by Transport for London will consider whether the work, carried out by the private firm Tube Lines, which includes Jarvis among its shareholders, had played any part in the accident.

Jarvis is at the centre of the continuing investigation into the Potters Bar rail crash in May 2002, in which seven people died.Five men and two women were taken to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead after the accident just after 10am yesterday. A man in his late 30s broke his thigh and a man in his 20s suffered a head injury Seven others were treated at the scene for minor injuries. Government’s view prevailsJuly 2002 Livingstone tries for second judicial review. Loses again, at cost of £4mOctober 2002 TfL and Livingstone consider European Court appeal1 January 2003 Government signs £4.4bn deal with private contractors for part of the London Underground. Tube Lines consortium made responsible for maintaining infrastructure of Northern, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines25 January 2003 Central Line disrupted for four months after train derailed. At least 32 hurt4 February 2003 Government and TfL agree terms of transfer of the Tube to Livingstone and TfL.

Government agrees to finance PPP and PFI (private finance initiative) contracts. Livingstone drops European court threat4 April 2003 Contract signed with second private-sector consortium, Metronet, to maintain sub-surface underground15 July 2003 LU transferred to TfL and Livingstone. Tim O’Toole is new MD17 October 2003 Tube derailment at Hammersmith by suspected cracked rail19 October 2003 Tube derailment at Camden Town. Fears over safety on London Underground trains mounted yesterday when a second train derailed in 48 hours, injuring seven people and causing massive disruption for thousands of passengers. His manifesto opposes PPPSeptember 2000 Bob Kiley appointed as London’s transport commissioner. Asked to review PPPFebruary 2001 Kiley publishes alternative funding plan, based on bondsJuly 2001 Livingstone, Kiley and Transport for London (TfL) apply for judicial review of PPP at the High Court. A man in his twenties suffered a minor head injury.Mike Strzelecki, London Underground’s director of safety, said: “Early indications are that the last bogey of the fifth carriage derailed and the last car derailed entirely.

Early indications are this was a problem with the track rather than the train. If it’s a problem with the track, our people can fix that very quickly, it might be one or two days. If it’s a problem with the train, it could be longer.”He said tracks were inspected every 24 or 48 hours, depending on how heavily they were used. “Camden Town is heavily used and I imagine it’s inspected every 24 hours It should have been checked as a matter of course. Whether it was, I cannot say for certain.”TRACK RECORDMay 1997 Public Private Partnership (PPP) conceived by new Labour government to encourage private finance without outright privatisationJune 2000 Ken Livingstone wins London’s mayoral elections. Londoners and visitors must be able to be sure that they are safe on the Tube.”Bob Kiley, the transport commissioner for London and a fierce opponent of PPP, said: “I am not a big believer in coincidence.