Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: Independence Day Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:58 +0100 (BST) Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk X-Trace: individual.net WujYnQVJqT03/zgRrneoIgeo30jCsHbAnjpWu8ckExWrJlnUTR Cancel-Lock: sha1:UckAPqzCyqOk2GkDTXJJouzLljw= sha256:HKz4L6ZJDGaQlpTLzyWheBqt7IakopmAgACysI06/O0= X-News-Software: Ameol X-URL: http://cix.uk Bytes: 1379 In article , nospam@example.net (D) wrote: > > There is a small amount of free market, yes, but the tracks are > public, and so is SJ. The new government in the UK announced in the King's speech last week that they are planning to re-nationalise the railways. Let's see how that goes. Privatising industries in the UK seems to have always been about making more money for the very rich and not for giving a service. The water-supply industry is much in the news lately for how the companies have been fined huge amounts for discharging sewage into the rivers and yet still giving their executives huge bonuses.