Privatised rail: industry vs passengers

Here’s a beautifully simple article about the UK railway system that sums up the problem (both what and who) perfectly.

And I highly recommend keeping an eye on The Other Taxpayers’ Alliance – not only is it an excellent read, but regularly punctures the propaganda of the s0-called Taxpayers’ Alliance, whose lies and spin in support of an extremely right-wing agenda seem to be sloshing around the media more and more of late – keep an eye open and see how many stories you can spot.  They shouldn’t be too hard to spot, since they always in some way support  less taxation for the rich, the evils of the EU and the unquestionable wisdom of big business.