Plus Ca Change…

I’ve never quite understood the logic behind rail privatisation. Privatisation in general I semi get. You take some service that was previously provided by a single organisation–the state–and sell it off, thus generating a nice cash windfall for the government and in a handy bi-product you open that service up to competition, which should theoretically mean that the customers get a better service. That’s great if it means I don’t have to take my phone…

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