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Originally Posted by cmonstanley
shock horror Tory tells the truth, transport secretary Phil hammond says the railways are a rich mans toy. i think in more ways than one the public money pumped into so called private firms are a disgrace the tories started it but this is one policy where labour blew it big time .they should have nationalised the railways as private firms took advantage of the public purse.now in times of high inflation static wages they decide its a good idea to raise train fares.i dont know the law, but if all the train firms raise the prices by 8% is this not some kind of price fixing for which firms have been fined for doing this same thing .any politicians or people in the know know the answer  |
And if it had been renationalised how much money would the tax payer have to pump in to make it viable, nationalise industries treated the treasury as an unsustainable bottomless pit