Re: I've touched the nerve for both ... Archived Message
Posted by Ken Waldron on December 3, 2019, 6:43 pm, in reply to "Re: I've touched the nerve for both ..."
They are shareholders, geddit? Actually majority shareholders in nearly all cases I have looked at: so state controlled and majority state owned. Never mind that it is only a small proportion of the overall UK railways ownership Not at all: Aside from Network Rail: UK state owned after Railtrack's demise, here's the list of operators: c2c: Italian state Chiltern: German state Caledonian sleeper: PRIVATE CrossCountry: German state East Midlands: Dutch state Eurostar: French state Gatwick Express: French state Grand Central: German state Great Northern: French state GWR: PRIVAT Greater Anglia: Dutch state Heathrow Express: PRIVATE Hull Trains: PRIVATE LNER: British state London Northwestern Railway: Dutch state London Overground: German state London Underground: British state Merseyrail: Dutch state Northern: German state Northern Ireland Railways: British state Scotrail: Dutch state South Western Railway: Hong Kong state Southeastern: French state Southern: French state Stansted Express: Dutch state TfL rail: Hong Kong state Thameslink: French state TransPennine Express: PRIVATE Transport for Wales: French state West Coast: Italian state West Midlands Railway: Dutch state As you can see contrary to what you claim about a small minority that's the vast majority. You haven't even mentioned other utilities. -Nothing stopping you on water either, If proof be required Scottish Water till remains unprivatised and in the hands of the Scottish Government. 'outez' comes from... -Oh I know where it comes from. My point was that as a coining its cringeworthy .
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- Does anyone remember the "late surges" of the Independence referendum - Keith-264 December 1, 2019, 7:59 pm
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- I'm not a trot, I disdain such right-wing deviationists....nm - Keith-264 December 2, 2019, 12:03 am
- Pure Bunkum - Chris Rogers December 2, 2019, 6:57 am
- In a nutshell.... - Keith-264 December 2, 2019, 11:58 am
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- Re: Pure Bunkum - Willem December 2, 2019, 12:11 pm
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- The Liarbour Partei fractured in the 60s - Keith-264 December 2, 2019, 2:23 pm
- Re: Pure Bunkum - Ken Waldron December 2, 2019, 3:44 pm
- Maybe, but the working class voted EXIT - Chris Rogers December 2, 2019, 4:12 pm
- Re: Pure Bunkum - dereklane December 2, 2019, 4:21 pm
- Re: Pure Bunkum - Willem December 2, 2019, 5:03 pm
- Re: Pure Bunkum - dereklane December 2, 2019, 8:18 pm
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- Re: Pure Bunkum - dereklane December 3, 2019, 8:06 am
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- Re: Pure Bunkum - Ken Waldron December 2, 2019, 5:34 pm
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