For context, Coffee Shop member Industry Insider has used the phrase, and he and I have exchanged messages about it.  Sometimes, people give their view, apparently authoritatively, but without any foundation in fact.

I experienced an example of that this very evening, when my own daughter bemoaned that it was a pity Bristol couldn't have a tram system like Manchester (of which she has become a great fan) 'because of all the hills in Bristol'.

I coughed and spluttered over the jigsaw puzzle I was working on and engaged her in a lively debate, explaining how Bristol used to have an excellent tram system - including Park Street - which was only stopped when the Luftwaffe took out the electricity generating station on Counterslip in 1941.

She acknowledged that I was right.  So much for 'hogwash'.

CfN.