Simon Walsworth, London + ShareThere’s nothing as important as getting our people to work. Rail travel should be owned and run by the people for the people.
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Joe Laughlin, KeighleyRe-nationalise and lets have a rail system owned by the people for the people with the profits going to the government not private companies.
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Thomas McCausland, ManchesterNo more profit-sharing giants.
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Chris Barker, LondonIt doesn’t have to be a re-run of BR. There are other ways of having a publicly funded rail system – see Germany for example.
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Glyn Jones, DartfordEnd the farce and re-nationalise the railways. I travel to and from Cumbria by train and have never arrived on time in any direction. Also the fares are so expensive,
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Robert Tudor, RedditchThe train operators are disgusting. We never had this problem under British Railways. You can’t keep running the railway as it stands today.
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We’re delighted to see The Labour Party commit to plans to bring our railways back into public ownership within the next parliamentary term 👏 With all the Department for Transport's current contracts with private operators set to expire by 2027, they would be mad not to 🚆 bringbackbritishrail.org/news ... See MoreSee Less
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If critics of this policy realised how much of our money was going in subsidies to the private railway companies (owned in large part by other countries' nationalised railways) they might perhaps see the wisdom of it. But no - they've been conditioned to frown on anything that might actually benefit them. (It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt...)
Sure I remember John Prescott saying "We will nationalise the railways" before Labour got in in 97. I'll believe it when I see it.
Ha ha ha . Didn’t Corbyn say the same thing around the last election. So please tell us where all the money is coming from??! . Another fairy tale from labour. Get in power and forget about it. Kier talks so much 💩💩 the 🔔 end
This will definitely happen then, Keir Starmer certainly has no history of breaking his pledges. 👀
Is there a source for the info regarding the Labour Party's commitment please....?
the Tories will do all they can to keep them private, election will be dragged out until end of the year by which time some would have been offered extensions. If BR had the level of investment from the Government / Taxpayer which these private companies have had who knows where it would be now
Labour won’t get my vote
Great news! Cant wait till 18 October 2026 for the end of Avanti West Coast.
I don’t trust any politicians who will say anything in election year to get your vote to secure their jobs which they are incapable of doing. I certainly don’t trust Blair 2.0 Starmer (Mr WEF) who thinks parliament is a waste & wants to hand control over to the Germans & take us back into the EU (not that we really left)
With contracts that end on 15 September, how long will they be renewed for if the General Election is after that date?
How will job contracts for employees change under re-nationalisation?
Hahaha. That's funny because they said that when Blair was in charge of us and it never did happen.
GOOD AT LAST
Buying a ticket on LNER is not what I would call cheap. What is the benefit going to be.
Don't believe a word whatstarmer and co say
Hope they bring back buffet cars..
More vote grabbing promises from Starmer. Be interesting to see if anything happens in the first 5 years, let alone at all.
Fantastic news, now bring back the rest!!
Don't count chicken's before they hatch. Starmer is NO socialist.
Careful what you wish for. While I'd love to see BR make a comeback, it's all the other nonsense Liebour will foist on us that worries me. Basically, we're buggered either way. Two cheeks of the same arse, just different methods of screwing us over.
I don’t trust Labour, under Starmer they’ve gone back on EVERY socialist policy they put forward!
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Using public money to bribe private companies to run our train services on time?🚊💸 That's the madness of the privatised rail system🤦 Sign the 38 Degrees petition to force failing Avanti West Coast to hand back its "performance-related bonuses" 👇 ... See MoreSee Less
Britain’s worst train operator should give back taxpayer cash
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Hello dear how are you doing today I hope everything is going well so you can talk to know each other better
Signed.
Some parts of the rail systems are nationalised but they need to stamp out on bureaucracy.
Unlikely but signed
How can they afford the overtime rates agreed with ASLEF? Who will end up paying?
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It's a no brainer really, pay money back to the Exchequer or pay dividends to shareholders. I know which I'd rather see!
Renationalised is a term for it. Democratised is a term I prefer. That is the railways are run by the Govt with a Minister accountable Parliament and voters able to deliver a verdict if they so choose at elections
And so does Labour. Are we happy yet?
Renationalise everything......you know.....like when it all worked! Utilities, water, nhs, post office, schools, colleges.......everything!
And not stop there.
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"We Need to End the Disastrous Experiment of Rail Privatisation" 🚉 Don't miss Mick Lynch's article for Jacobin magazine 👇 ... See MoreSee Less
Mick Lynch: We Need to End the Disastrous Experiment of Rail Privatization
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Since the 1993 Railways Act was passed, the privatization of British railways has resulted in rising costs, service reductions, and staff cuts. On the act’s 30th anniversary, RMT general secretary M...Comment on Facebook
Not just the railway's gas electric public transport water
I agree with you Mick. It’s not working except for the shareholders.
Should be run by BR BUT FUNDED PROBABLY. But mick lynch is a left wing communist B. All he wants is to bring down any government who don’t give in to him. I’m ex Br.
french workers know how to win disputes all out till get what they want not stop start action but gd on yous for fighting for better terms n conditions and pay overs from ppl whos wages have went up 40% in last 12 yrs
So true
Totally agree
Privatisation is spelt with an S
yews lets go back to the days when the unions ran the railways imposing firemen on diesel trains , wrecking the profitability with outrageous wage demands , holding the government and country to ransom .
Let's get rid of Mick Lynch. Only cares about himself. Corrupt
Before privatisation there was one guy on over £100k a week in charge. After privatisation there was 600 guys on over £100k a week in charge
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🥳VICTORY: 750,000 people force a climbdown on plans to close ticket offices in England.
👏For everyone who replied to the consultation - thank you!
The message is loud and clear. Rail companies must put people before profit.
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Great news well done to all great result just hope keep there word
Will the over 75s get their free TV licence now🤣
I don't think we did it. I think the fact that there's a general election coming up in the next year did it.
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Had an email from them. 'The Petitions Committee decided not to debate the petition you signed'
Be sure they will be back to try again the tories hate to think the public knows better than them
The next question is; since the Government said that they won't put more money into the subsidies, what is the next thing that the Train Operating Companies (TOC's) will try to cut to keep up the dividend payouts?
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France, Germany, Japan, all covered in high-speed rail, helping to grow their economies and improve connectivity around their countries. In Britain … one high-speed line to get from London to Birmingham. It's pathetic.
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