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Old 20-03-2008, 16:05   #22
polly
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Re: Blackburn & Darwen residents to get free sports & leisure facilities

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Originally Posted by g jones View Post
It is difficult to sustain a free market in public transport. Cameron identified this when he said "we have made ideological mistakes in the past]. I think we will end up with re-regulation as the cheapest most efficient, less cost to taxpayer option soon for buses and I think we need to work together, as seems the case, to ensure it works better than the free for all we have now.
And why should something as basic as public transport be left to free market forces?

This issue has an effect on all our lives, even car users are affected by the increased pollution generated by even more cars.

Whilst I see the importance of sports facilities I would argue that the council should be allocating money to subsidising bus routes for all
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