Movers, Groovers and Quitters : “The one about deserting a sinking [£750,000 a year] ship”

Simon Kirby quits HS2 to join Rolls-Royce … He quits to join Rolls-Royce as £50bn high-speed project is branded a ‘sinking ship’

• Simon Kirby was paid £750,000 a year, making him Britain’s best paid civil servant
• The former Network Rail chief will join engineering giant Rolls-Royce
• It comes as the government faces pressure to halt the huge rail project
• Transport Secretary Chris Grayling will decide this autumn on the second phase of the project, to Manchester and Leeds
  

  Simon Kirby from #HS2 joins Rolls Royce – maker of Royal Navy engines which always break down. He”ll fit in well..https://t.co/ZK7Z2LBOxd

  — VoxOpp (@VoxOpp) September 10, 2016

  Kirby steps down…. https://t.co/rPhAQzMviB #HS2

  — SOS CAMDEN (@SOS_CAMDEN) September 10, 2016