[Kizzy]

“European rules do not dictate that railways must be fully privatised” – note the interesting use of the word “fully”. It’s true that UK law has gone further than the EU law currently requires, but it is also true that the EU would prevent a nationalisation agenda from going as far as many would like.'

So we are standing in our own way....yep sounds about right, thanks dave .
Essentially we could nationalise a lot more and still be within EU rules, but not our own.