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Originally Posted by denphone
Especially when they constantly say "We won't interfere in the free market".
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We don't have a free market. The railways are still state subsidised to an extent and they're a hell of a lot better now than they were when I was commuting regularly on ancient rolling stock. It was the persistent lack of investment by various govts. during the bad old days which stored up so many of the problems we've subsequently faced.
I think a dose of pre-privatisation 'service' from the likes of BR, the various utilities, GPO etc. would remind people just how bad things were in the days when there was no competition and we were at the mercy of heavily unionised organisations with a vested interest in perpetuating archaic working practices.