Do you actually use the trains though? I do, every day. The system is shit, it is incredibly expensive, over-crowded, the trains are always late, old. A lot of them still run on diesel. I am not sayi… (View Post)

The thing is BR was shit. But it doesn't mean anyone is advocating going back to it, or that if we nationalised the trains today, it would be bad. Why has no other country in Europe followed our lead? (View Post)

If we want to get people out of cars, then yes, that is always how it works. Should I be paying for your healthcare? What about your roads? (View Post)

Personally I feel we've tried privatisation and it hasn't worked. The Government accepts that without subsidies the railways would/do go bust, so what exactly is the point? Is anyone honestly going t… (View Post)

The London Underground is and remains publicly owned and in general performs well. I am so glad the Tories did not privatise that. (View Post)