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Default Labour backs plans to return railway network to public control- Guardian/Observer

On 09/07/2012 22:34, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:02:49 +0100, wrote:

On 09/07/2012 16:07, The Real Doctor wrote:
On 01/07/12 00:05, Bruce wrote:
Labour backs plans to return railway network to public control

If only they'd thought of that in 1997. What cretin wrote their
manifesto, eh?

Ian


Well, they succeeded with the groundwork by shafting Railtrack by
refusing it funds and then setting up Network Rail by giving 20 times as
much.

They didn't "set it up", they renamed it (Network Rail Infrastructure
Ltd. previously known as Railtrack plc) on 3 Feb 2003.


And then started pouring in funds that were denied to the original set up.

Stephen Byers' interesting little exercise in spite, following on from
the involvement of RMT's puppet John Prescott!

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