Starmer. Today’s the day.

[King Billy]

He sounds like a God. Why is he leaving?

Did you not listen to his speech?
So you're asking me to repeat it for you?
Lazy barsteward.

 

[Dec27]

Billy Bot is on one today!!

 

[pete01]

Is this real?

 

[blup]

Labour just repainted the trains

Its cheaper when you don't have to factor in the profit margin for the customer

 

[motorbiking]

Its cheaper when you don't have to factor in the profit margin for the customer

great - ticket prices will fall.. oh wait.

the government has spent millions renegotiating rolling stock contracts and taking on liabilities.

 

[motorbiking]

Did you not listen to his speech?
So you're asking me to repeat it for you?
Lazy barsteward.

left me wondering what country he'd been prime minister of.

 

[King Billy]

great - ticket prices will fall.. oh wait.

Ticket prices would have continued to rise under private ownership.

the government has spent millions renegotiating rolling stock contracts and taking on liabilities.

Any data to support your theory?
Here's a start:

Private firms that lease out trains for Britain’s railway have seen their profits treble in a year, with more than £400m paid in dividends, official figures show.
The rolling stock companies paid out a total of £409.7m to shareholders and profit margins rose to 41.6% in 2022-23, according to the Office of Rail and Road, as the rest of the railway was told to make swingeing cuts and salaries were frozen.
Unions have urged a windfall tax on the huge dividends, describing the financing of trains as a “racket” without risk to the leasing firms.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Starmer was always a harmless Trojan Horse that was used by Labour to get themselves into power.

Now they're here, they can install a proper lefty leader they actually want, who the voters wouldn't have elected.

Just standard Fabian Society stuff. Vote for one thing, get something else.

 

[motorbiking]

Starmer was always a harmless Trojan Horse that was used by Labour to get themselves into power.

Now they're here, they can install a proper lefty leader they actually want, who the voters wouldn't have elected.

Just standard Fabian Society stuff. Vote for one thing, get something else.

Yep - he was the best they could find. Andy Burnham wasn't even an MP at the last election. It will be interesting to see how Burnham, claims a mandate.

 

[motorbiking]

Ticket prices would have continued to rise under private ownership.



Any data to support your theory?
Here's a start:

Feel free to explain how nationalising OpCos, impacts the profits of RosCos, who have all enjoyed the ability to renegotiate their terms for additional fees.

the government has spent millions renegotiating rolling stock contracts and taking on liabilities.

more taxes turned into profit

 

[Deluks]

He turned the Labour party around from a post-Corbyn shambles to a sound beating of Tories two years later.

He was the shambles, not Corbyn.
Corbyn was doing very well until they mooted the idea of a second referendum, then they suddenly lost a lot of support.

First he brought down Corbyn's Labour and now he's brought down his own Labour, the man is a walking disaster area, he should be coned off.

Starmer: Labour must keep open option of second referendum

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer says remain option should be on ballot paper

www.theguardian.com

 

[blup]

great - ticket prices will fall.. oh wait.

the government has spent millions renegotiating rolling stock contracts and taking on liabilities.

You have to service the historic (private sector) debt

 

[wobs]

Much of this means diddly squat.

e.g. tougher on water companies. Maybe that just means the previous agreement was complete and utter sh1te, and the 'tougher' agreement is slightly less sh1te but still sh1te.

It's the delivery of stuff that's important, not words like lifted, reintroduced, approved, expanded, supported etc etc.

The EA have re-started inspections on sewages works, bringing some responsibility to the issue that was severely lacking under the Tories. This required recruiting more EA officers. Actual action.

 

[motorbiking]

You have to service the historic (private sector) debt

What was the point of nationalising an already nationalised network?

 

[blup]

What was the point of nationalising an already nationalised network?

Because it bad for the free markets’s reputation if private sector companies are kept afloat by public subsidy