Starting this thread as there are quite few policies and stuff happening that aren’t just Covid politics or Brexit.
One I want to raise is the rail system.
The UK government has now extended “support” for the rail operators to 18 months in total: Rail franchises axed as help for train firms extended https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54232015
Surely it would be cheaper and simpler to re-nationalise the rail system? The infrastructure has been nationalised for some time now, several of the franchises have moved back into public control.
What on earth can be the benefit of trying to keep the rail system even nominally “privatised “ in light of the changes of passenger numbers for the foreseeable future?
One I want to raise is the rail system.
The UK government has now extended “support” for the rail operators to 18 months in total: Rail franchises axed as help for train firms extended https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54232015
Surely it would be cheaper and simpler to re-nationalise the rail system? The infrastructure has been nationalised for some time now, several of the franchises have moved back into public control.
What on earth can be the benefit of trying to keep the rail system even nominally “privatised “ in light of the changes of passenger numbers for the foreseeable future?