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Originally Posted by Royboy39
The Railways were on a downward spiral for many years as were the mines.
Do you know how much it cost the taxpayers over the previous five years to run the railways and the mines....both running at a loss?
How much did the Dome cost? and what are it's uses.
If the Government at the time had said 'OK' pull the shutters and close both down...what sort of response would that have brought from the people who would have been out of a job.....that subsidy to the railways was obviously to keep people in work.
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The subsidies to the Railways was to keep people in jobs? ..as soon as the private sector took over the railways the first thing they did was to "slim down".. meaning sack half of the workforce...as happend in all the other national assest they sold off.. the only people that were safe in thier jobs were on the board of directors.
The Tory Government activley employed managers and chairmen of boards whose instructions were to make working people redundant..sounds silly these days.. but it was seen as a practical policy in the Thatcher days.. that's how silly they were!