Originally Posted by Less (Post 1061872)

You should feel ashamed , you know very well that Jay can't think for himself, God alone knows why he joined UKIP but, there is no need to make him imagine he has his own opinion.

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 1061886)

your talking rubbish just before they privatized the railways they were in profit the tories spent billions of pounds raised by the railways in modernising the stock and railways.in fact some of eastern and other railways just painted over the British rail carriages and are still in use till this day.the eastern railway is nationalized now as the firm who run it failed.it has brought in £360 million for the taxpayer and spent 30 million for new stock.the same British Rail that received the lowest amount of subsidy in the whole of Europe but had more trains running at over 100MPH than any other country? And the same that delivered a profitable Intercity and NetworkSouthEast by 1994, without a pound needing to be paid out in performance-related season ticket pay-outs that year? And the same that achieved the highest-ever year of investment in recent decades for 1990/91 despite having a subsidy a fraction of what it is today? Do let us know why british rail was brought to a standstill when hadnt had a strike for ten years:confused::confused::confused::confused:A lot of people fail to understand that just before privatisation BR was one of the most efficient railways in the world. By 1990 it has managed to improve itself to such an extent it was possibly the most efficient in Europe, and had massively reduced the burden on both the taxpayer and its own finances.

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 1062072)

the railway companies do. network rail and rail track have paid billions to the private railway companies. is this best for the taxpayer? if any train is late even 2 minutes late they get compensation.Network Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia so who funds network rail. do the rail companies pay network rail :confused: all the rolling stock they have are all ex British rail locomotives;) its been a massive waste of money.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1062087)

The biggest wasters of money were nationalised companies, over financed over manned lost making dinosaurs,

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 1062095)

dont think so jaysay utilities sold off for a pittance more than paid for themselves.all the money stayed in the country the correct tax was paid so the country was put first. the railways were affordable and more than paid for themselves. fact the uk government lost more than a billion pounds in revenue every year. how is that good for the country:confused: how was it over financed:confused: the uk has now the most expensive railways in the world.why/ because of pure greed you cant defend it,if your saying you want things done for the good of the country,you cant defend billions of lost revenue and billions of pounds leaving the country.