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24-04-2024, 11:59 PM | #1 | |||
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some in private ownership. This means they must stay in power which stinks. To be announced today Louise Hayes, Shadow Transport Secretary. Was debated on Newsnight BBC2HD. Last edited by arista; 25-04-2024 at 12:20 AM. |
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25-04-2024, 07:16 AM | #2 | ||
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A policy I firmly support.
About time they cemented they will do this OVER the next 5 years. |
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25-04-2024, 07:25 AM | #3 | |||
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Jessica Meuse was robbed.
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Hopefully they're telling the truth.
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25-04-2024, 11:14 AM | #4 | |||
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25-04-2024, 11:23 AM | #5 | ||
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They are going to do this over the next 5 years. There's no word of 6 to 10 years at all Government's can have 5 YEARS in power before elections. So if they're going to do it over 5 years. It would all be done by the next election anyhow. |
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25-04-2024, 11:25 AM | #6 | ||
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25-04-2024, 11:29 AM | #7 | |||
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25-04-2024, 12:22 PM | #8 | |||
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i remember what a shambles it was before privatisation, and there were more strikes then too
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25-04-2024, 12:30 PM | #9 | ||
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It seems the only thing that's improved is the food available. It doesn't have to go back to how things were. Obviously I wasn't around then. However my Father used the train a lot as he could catch up with work material on it He found it reliable no matter where he was travelling to. He moaned a plenty after privatisation as to both costs and reliability. It's actually a policy more supported by some margin by rail users now. So Id like to see it given a chance Privatisation was done before I was born on things or when I just was. Researching by my own means and looking back. I'd have seen privatisation of Rail, Water and Energy as one of the biggest cons ever. |
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25-04-2024, 12:31 PM | #10 | |||
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what could possibly go wrong! |
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25-04-2024, 12:31 PM | #11 | |||
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why does everything take so long, I am sure they could do it in 3 years for instance?
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25-04-2024, 12:37 PM | #12 | |||
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It is estimated that it will take more than 5 years. Some will stay private, as well. |
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25-04-2024, 12:39 PM | #13 | |||
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25-04-2024, 12:42 PM | #14 | |||
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No, LT do not bring that Dead Evil Child Rapist into this thread. Please. Last edited by arista; 25-04-2024 at 12:43 PM. |
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25-04-2024, 12:45 PM | #15 | |||
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25-04-2024, 12:46 PM | #16 | |||
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25-04-2024, 12:49 PM | #17 | ||
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25-04-2024, 12:53 PM | #18 | |||
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Bringing it back to public ownership doesn't necessarily mean it has to go back to "the way it was" - at the very least, the "major" routes spanning the country to and from London should not be privately operated. Making them reliable and accessible is a huge economic positive.
They also need to get their heads out of the past and forget about the idea that "faster routes to London" is the key -- shaving an hour or two off a journey, for people who need to travel to and from London regularly, is totally irrelevant... what is needed, is trains with ample room/tray tables suitable for laptops, and decently fast, reliable internet. THAT is what is currently missing. Most people can carry out their entire work day so long as they have a computer & reliable access... whether they're sitting in an office, at home or on a train. Currently we're stuck with (usually) Virgin for cross country train journeys and their train WiFi is abysmal. |
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25-04-2024, 12:58 PM | #19 | |||
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25-04-2024, 01:01 PM | #20 | |||
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Imagine if they did actually use the dug-up corpse of Jimmy Saville, propped up at a train table with a wee Tesco meal deal, to advertise their new railway. The slogan could be "Just like horrendous BBC paedo Jimmy Saville... private railways are DEAD! Hooray!"
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25-04-2024, 01:04 PM | #21 | |||
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25-04-2024, 01:05 PM | #22 | |||
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Smallest Boy LT gets a train most weekends and I pick him up, its almost always bang on time in fact more times is a wee bit early
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25-04-2024, 01:18 PM | #23 | |||
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Local jaunts around the area with ScotRail are very different to trying to travel the length of the UK though. Travelling from Glasgow/Edinburgh to London is 8-out-of-ten times a stressful nightmare, and if you're setting off from any further north than that it's even worse... and the links between major "non-London" are utter crap. It shouldn't require two separate changes to get from one top 5 UK city to another. Just utterly pish service.
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25-04-2024, 02:18 PM | #24 | |||
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I don't think the railways are that bad, they should start with the water companies and nationalise them, EVERYONE is paying for their mishandling
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25-04-2024, 02:42 PM | #25 | |||
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No Government can afford the cost of Water Company - Take Overs. You do understand the Owners are from China, USA all over the bloody place. I think Slims Corbyn said he would take them over but failed to win an Election............. |
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