cockneycarparkm32
Well-Known Member
Its not broke if you are a shareholder , getting bailed out by central govt. to pay private shareholders .
malg said:A good vote winner for all those who have no idea how utterly shit British Rail was.
^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^urmston said:British Rail were certainly 'not or profit'.
They lost millions, and the taxpayer footed the bill.
The trains were ancient, slow and late.
The staff went on strike regularly, just like public sector staff often do today.
Anyone who thinks nationalisation is a good idea is either too young go remember the bad old days or a railway employee who fancies the easy life with the state as boss, a monopoly of their business and all the freedom to strike and generally give poor service these things allow.
urmston said:British Rail were certainly 'not or profit'.
They lost millions, and the taxpayer footed the bill.
The trains were ancient, slow and late.
The staff went on strike regularly, just like public sector staff often do today.
Anyone who thinks nationalisation is a good idea is either too young go remember the bad old days or a railway employee who fancies the easy life with the state as boss, a monopoly of their business and all the freedom to strike and generally give poor service these things allow.
toffee balls said:^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^urmston said:British Rail were certainly 'not or profit'.
They lost millions, and the taxpayer footed the bill.
The trains were ancient, slow and late.
The staff went on strike regularly, just like public sector staff often do today.
Anyone who thinks nationalisation is a good idea is either too young go remember the bad old days or a railway employee who fancies the easy life with the state as boss, a monopoly of their business and all the freedom to strike and generally give poor service these things allow.
Don't like plastic socialism me , only arseholes believe in it.
toffee balls said:^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^urmston said:British Rail were certainly 'not or profit'.
They lost millions, and the taxpayer footed the bill.
The trains were ancient, slow and late.
The staff went on strike regularly, just like public sector staff often do today.
Anyone who thinks nationalisation is a good idea is either too young go remember the bad old days or a railway employee who fancies the easy life with the state as boss, a monopoly of their business and all the freedom to strike and generally give poor service these things allow.
Don't like plastic socialism me , only arseholes believe in it.
without a dream said:urmston said:British Rail were certainly 'not or profit'.
They lost millions, and the taxpayer footed the bill.
The trains were ancient, slow and late.
The staff went on strike regularly, just like public sector staff often do today.
Anyone who thinks nationalisation is a good idea is either too young go remember the bad old days or a railway employee who fancies the easy life with the state as boss, a monopoly of their business and all the freedom to strike and generally give poor service these things allow.
Have you ever been to Germany?
urmston said:without a dream said:urmston said:British Rail were certainly 'not or profit'.
They lost millions, and the taxpayer footed the bill.
The trains were ancient, slow and late.
The staff went on strike regularly, just like public sector staff often do today.
Anyone who thinks nationalisation is a good idea is either too young go remember the bad old days or a railway employee who fancies the easy life with the state as boss, a monopoly of their business and all the freedom to strike and generally give poor service these things allow.
Have you ever been to Germany?
Yes.
Everything is run more efficiently in Germany than here whether nationalised or not.
It is ridiculous and illogical to assume that nationalisation of our railways would cause them to be as efficient as German ones.
Our nationalised railways were dreadful. Our privatised railways are less dreadful. Things have improved.