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Scotland's train operator ScotRail to be nationalised
« on: March 17, 2021, 03:35:07 PM »
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Re: Scotland's train operator ScotRail to be nationalised
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2021, 03:49:49 PM »
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Re: Scotland's train operator ScotRail to be nationalised
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2021, 10:31:36 PM »
Excellent! I share Owlswing's hope.
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Re: Scotland's train operator ScotRail to be nationalised
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2021, 06:44:46 AM »
Should never have been privatised in the first place. Let's hope one day utilities will be renationalised too.
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Re: Scotland's train operator ScotRail to be nationalised
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2021, 07:03:25 AM »
Quote from: Owlswing on March 17, 2021, 03:49:49 PM
Now for the English rail companies! I hope!

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So do I.
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Re: Scotland's train operator ScotRail to be nationalised
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2021, 07:35:35 AM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on March 18, 2021, 06:44:46 AM

Should never have been privatised in the first place. Let's hope one day utilities will be renationalised too.


Agreed!

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Re: Scotland's train operator ScotRail to be nationalised
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2021, 09:19:40 AM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on March 18, 2021, 06:44:46 AM
Should never have been privatised in the first place. Let's hope one day utilities will be renationalised too.

I don't know that I'm intrinsically opposed to privatisation, but the particular format of this privatisation was always going to be problematic - giving a company a long-term exclusive monopoly over a region doesn't conform to any rational understanding of 'competition' that I've ever come across.

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Re: Scotland's train operator ScotRail to be nationalised
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2021, 09:28:37 AM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on March 18, 2021, 06:44:46 AM
Should never have been privatised in the first place. Let's hope one day utilities will be renationalised too.

Extremely difficult to get that particular genie back in the bottle. Realistically, it's not going to happen any time soon. By which I mean I'll be long gone by that time.
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