Thread: [Update] Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour Leadership
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Old 23-09-2015, 17:15   #405
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Re: [Update] Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour Leadership
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy View Post
Why does it have to go back to that or anything else, we had a public railway on the east coast which made money for us and had high levels of customer satisfaction.

This article, if factual is hard to ignore in spite of its bias

http://actionforrail.org/government-...fore-election/

as is this one about how we botched the origional sell of

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...says-Tory.html
And what exactly was invested in the railway by the public sector during this period?

We need to stop basing our opinions on 'bite size' comments!

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Originally Posted by Osem View Post
I remember when trains were disgusting, perpetually late, frequently cancelled, subject to regular strike action and the network badly run down. All that was achieved during BR's time due to lack of govt. investment and the required will to build a decent network.
Yes, that's what I remember. I think too many people are looking at former decades with rose coloured spectacles!
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