Should we now bring back British Rail?

[#1]

@sarahaxon wrote:

@andyslc

All the recent bonkers Brexit-related events that have had money thrown at them lead me to conclude that the cost of something is no longer a reason for our government not to do it. If we can spend £14m for a ferry company with no

£14 million gets you one train.  The new rolling stock for Merseyrail is a £460 million contract.

Railways are really expensive.

[#2]

Look back at past nationalisations eg British Leyland.. I recall the government defending a very expensive appointment of some bloke called Edwardes to run and revive that organisation because his expertise was vital for its future survival 😂

    I challenge anyone to demonstrate any benefits today from all that publc expenditure! 

   Nationalisation = Pass the buck

     ( The buck being public money via taxes )

[#3]

@techiebloke It is the fragmentation of the railways which is most divisive & making thrvsystems so unweildy & inefficient. The pride seems to have disappeared from the railways.

Just to clarify the name Great Britain - it is a geographical term referring to the largest island with Scotland, Wales &

England. Nothing to do with the importance of the country.

[#4]

@jms0

wow that is a lot.

But if this country came to its senses we could save £39 billion, renationalise the railways and fix universal credit while we're at it!

[#5]

Where's Casey Jones when we need him 😭

[#6]

@sarahaxon Isn’t that £39bn derived from money we would have spent as members of the E.U. so if we don’t leave we still won’t have it...or are you now advocating a no deal BRexit? Or are you planning a totally truthful bus campaign, because they seem to work quite well. 

[#7]

@jms0 wrote:

Railways are really expensive.

Goodness me, that is a lot!