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**Chris** · 23-09-2015, 08:41

On the contrary, the civil service actively tried to create a credible process for deciding who gets franchises. They tried to create what amounted to a spreadsheet into which the bids could be put, with various calculations designed to show which operator would be best. The problem was that they made a pig's ear of their spreadsheet and they were too afraid of charges of smoky, backroom dealings to actually put a pair of eyes on the bid documents and identify questionable assertions by the bidders (such as, in the case of the West Coast, the line returning next to nothing for about 17 years and then suddenly generating a very nice return to the taxpayer right at the end).

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,134	Re: [Update] Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour Leadership On the contrary, the civil service actively tried to create a credible process for deciding who gets franchises. They tried to create what amounted to a spreadsheet into which the bids could be put, with various calculations designed to show which operator would be best. The problem was that they made a pig's ear of their spreadsheet and they were too afraid of charges of smoky, backroom dealings to actually put a pair of eyes on the bid documents and identify questionable assertions by the bidders (such as, in the case of the West Coast, the line returning next to nothing for about 17 years and then suddenly generating a very nice return to the taxpayer right at the end).