Look forward not back

RATHER than spending valuable time and bandwidth on a poll working out whether the last Chief Executive was worthy of the millions paid to him (two articles seem to have answered that already) would it not be more profitable to look at what is needed? Asks Graham Phillips.

Needed from his successor in order to turn the waterways into something the whole country can be proud of; not just a few financially well endowed leeches at the top of the proverbial food chain?

Reward for failure

Surely we should not have to reward somebody for failure, as seems to have been the recent trend not only by British Waterways/CaRT but also in the banking, broadcasting and newspaper industries as well as in the political world.

Much better to reward somebody for their successes, and achievements by offering an increasing salary package based on incentives and goals. That way we wouldn't have to stomach yet another hollow 'vision' of broken promises as the foundations and building blocks would already be in place and the appointee could concentrate on managing a team devoted to meaningful improvements to the system.