I can`t believe he gets paid £138,000 a year, socialism doesn`t half pay well!
He's calling May's bluff. Her 'Big Idea' is vapour and meaningless. She's said she wants to level things up but hasn't come up with any substance at all. He's daring her to disagree with this, to show her policies are all empty promises.
You mean Southern Rail, that company which gets the same money from the taxpayer whether or not they run any trains, and has no incentive to end the strikes? The joys of non socialist 'free market' privatisation 😉
More recently, I'm not forgetting how bad Railtrack was, or National Express running East Coast. Both so bad they had to be nationalised.
Yes Railtrack now network rail and east coast now run by virgin
Min wage for 25 and over £7.50 per hour from April 2017. So if you are LUCKY enough to work a 40 hour week that is £300 a week. State pension works out at £155.65 a week[/size].
QuoteYes Railtrack now network rail and east coast now run by virgin Network Rail is of course a nationalised industry. Necessary because the rail infrastructure needs continuous national maintenance and upgrading in order for train companies to deliver. Railtrack, could not provide this in a million years.National Express walked away from a major Inter City line, part way through a contract because they were incapable of making a profit even on this line and despite prices increases above inflation. It was taken into public ownership by East Coast which made a profit. Despite this the government gave the franchise to a Stagecoach/Virgin combination. I travel on this line a lot between London and Edinburgh or Newcastle. I can assure you the service is worse under 'Virgin' and the prices are higher.Of course most of our railways are state owned. Unfortunately it's the German state, the Dutch state and the French State. They are very pleased that the profits they make from us go to subsidise their own national rail networks