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From: prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer)
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Subject: Re: Independence Day
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:58 +0100 (BST)
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In article <d52824f2-a579-119d-fac4-85c645f3d5c9@example.net>,
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.