Comrade Bolshevic Boris and the Tories - we like Russian donors

it's funny how an industry starved of funds has difficulty, but when it has its subsidy trebled, it runs a terrible service, but pockets big profits.
 
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They spend more money,simple.

you're thinking of Buffoon.

"Boris Johnson is planning to spend as much on public services as Jeremy Corbyn promised at the last election and cannot afford the tax cuts he pledged in the Tory leadership campaign, a think tank has warned.


The prime minister’s proposed spending spree would mean Sajid Javid, the chancellor, overshooting the government’s borrowing limit by £5 billion in 2020-21, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which said that the government was “adrift without any fiscal anchor”.


https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...atens-to-leave-no-cash-for-tax-cuts-kc6vrnxrc
 
"Boris Johnson used his first speech outside Downing Street to reiterate promises to spend more on police, schools and hospitals and to “fix the crisis in social care once and for all”. During his leadership campaign, he also pledged to cut income and corporate taxes. Johnson has also said he will support the UK economy through leaving the EU, while his predecessor ramped up expectations by committing to “end austerity” – following nearly a decade of cuts to swathes of the public sector.

Without full details of the Prime Minister’s proposals it is difficult to put a precise cost on these promises, but they could run to tens of billions of pounds a year. This begs the question: How will he pay for all of this?"


https://www.instituteforgovernment....ris-johnson-pay-his-promises-tax-and-spending
 
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"The plan: Immediate funds to help prepare the UK for a possible no-deal Brexit on 31 October.

What it means: Just over a week after Mr Johnson become prime minister, the Treasury announced that £2.1bn would be spent bolstering border and customs operations, stockpiling critical medical supplies and supporting UK nationals abroad. Money will also be spent on a public awareness campaign ahead of a possible no-deal Brexit outcome.

The cost: Ramping up no deal preparations will cost £2.1bn. This is on top of the £4.2bn Theresa May's previous government had already allocated on preparing for Brexit - with or without a deal.

In total, the Treasury has now made £6.3bn available since 2016."


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49097133
 
it's funny how an industry starved of funds has difficulty, but when it has its subsidy trebled, it runs a terrible service, but pockets big profits.
Tell LAL that...apparently it is not more money..it is how you spend it!!!!!
 
well, the Tories certainly wouldn't, it was them that sold it to the Europeans! Who own's British Rail ...

c2c: Italian
Chiltern: German
Caledonian sleeper: PRIVATE
CrossCountry: German
East Midlands: Dutch
Eurostar: French
Gatwick Express: French
Grand Central: German
Great Northern: French
GWR: PRIVATE
Greater Anglia: Dutch
Heathrow Express: PRIVATE
Hull Trains: PRIVATE
LNER: British
London Northwestern Railway: Dutch
London Overground: German
London Underground: British
Merseyrail: Dutch
Northern: German
Northern Ireland Railways: British
Scotrail: Dutch
South Western Railway: Hong Kong
Southeastern: French
Southern: French
Stansted Express: Dutch
TfL rail: Hong Kong
Thameslink: French
TransPennine Express: PRIVATE
Transport for Wales: French
West Coast: Italian
West Midlands Railway: Dutch

What i don't understand is how Brexiters want to leave Europe, want to take back control of our industry and economy, but do not want to take back our railways from the European companies and governments that run it. It makes no sense! You either want to take back control, or you don't. Nationalisation is the ultimate way to take back control in a global / multinational economy.

Too much logic for a Brexiteer.

Brexit to them is a world that never existed and never will.
 
Not as difficult as opponents would want you to believe.
 
Here is a more recent link.......
Renationalising Britain’s railways – EU law not a barrier
https://theconversation.com/renationalising-britains-railways-eu-law-not-a-barrier-96759

thank-you Notch, interesting read, although even your link re-affirms the EU aren't overly keen on public monopolies.

Britain’s railways are already partial nationalised, as Network Rail is a public body. Although, reinstating a national rail monopoly under current EU rules would not be possible, there are ways that Britain could return many of its railway services to the public sector – Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands all show how this can be effectively done.

It would appear our European 'friends' are a little more savvy in circumnavigating some of the rules but still suggests a 100% state monopoly is unlikely.
 
You mean filly provides a link which he never actually read because if he did he would realise it does not support his argument.

I think he takes lesson from the Guilliani school of Negotiation and Persuasion - act as incoherent as possible, remember the truth isn't the truth.

Fantastic reply G'had, you de man.
 
Maybe EU directive 91/440 makes it difficult to renationalise railways?
 
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