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That’s exactly right mate. If it was going on something other than just keeping the lights on we might see something that resembles a plan.

Apologies! The abroad bit was fairly important and I missed it!! (Even though it was in there twice).

It’s possible to make a case for the government to have its hand in pretty much most things, it doesn’t mean they should. Nor does it mean they never should, for example after WW2 or the financial crisis it made sense to nationalise certain things for a while.

All really good points as to why rail shouldn’t be privatised. It’s not something I immediately think of as a candidate for privatisation but then NationalExpress was privatised so I’m a little undecided, for sure the toris were privatisation mad at the time and were selling anything that...

What problems have they had that are a consequence of being privatised? ie those problems would never have happened if they remained state owned? You are (I suspect) ideologically opposed to privatisation- I have a more open mind to it. Let’s take BA for example (or Thomas Cook) what...

They aren’t gaming the system, the system is broken. Benefits provided for SEND conditions isn’t means tested - I’ve posted before on here I know someone personally who works part time (midwife) has 2 kids diagnosed and the benefits calculator told her she could get £7,500 a month in benefits...

You believe the government would do a better job of running BT or British Airways? Would the post office scandal have happened if it was a publicly owned company? I mean hillsborough and the blood scandal happened so who knows. Privatisation has had some successes and some failures - to...

It flies in the face of all the evidence. We have been told for years that social mobility, particularly among the poorest in society, is piss poor.

Cheap labour facilitates labour intensive roles which absolutely reduces UK productivity.

Loss of banking sector jobs, gas and oil investment, reduction in manufacturing roles, broadly speaking the higher paid jobs have shrunk in UK or capital intensive roles have diminished being replaced with labour intensive roles - the jobs tax (aka NI hike) makes matters worse. Public...

Correct. Which is why I addressed the post that said in their mind it was terrorism - ie it terrorised all those on the train - and that is a reasonable stance. However as you rightly point out the correct charge needs to be laid for the correct justice to be served.

It’s a technicality though mate. If the motivation is to promote a position (white rights, black rights, Palestine action, Irish freedom, green issues, etc etc) it’s terrorism. If it’s a couple of nutters on the loose who were live streaming it on tik tok, or wanted to become infamous, etc...

I believe so.

Didn’t Labour have a transport minister dishing out pay rises without them being approved? Obviously the remit of the untalented.

Greens are as dangerous for this country as reform.

I think this is the general issue, it’s chipping away at the credibility of this government. Once they row back on their manifesto commitments in the budget they’ll have none left. Now once the rubicon of tax rises has been crossed she may decide to keep increasing taxes in future budgets...

Someone needs a break from here.

Someone will need to take the rap for breaking the election promises on tax. She will in turn blame anyone but herself for them, Brexit, the tories, Trump, Ukraine or her estate agent

That’s not what she said yesterday though. She will likely survive this but it won’t help Labour improve their ratings. The best opposition party to Labour right now is themselves.

So how did they manage to fix it with a simple procedure change?