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Originally Posted by Damien
To unravel it you just take back control as the franchises expire. We already own Network Rail so the initial cost will be buying rolling stock and setting up a body to manage it all which can merge with Network Rail. I think fundamentally we need to have the people who manage the trains, track and own the trains all under one body.
The NHS is a different topic but I think behind all the concerns about the use of private companies, reorganisations, levels or lack thereof of middle men the biggest problem is money. The pressures of an ageing and obese population combined with the cost of all the new treatments that keep us all live longer. It could be more efficient too but it would be interesting to compare it's waste to other health systems. Still the NHS is a huge further topic  |
That takes years and still leaves all the privatised utilities to buy back at massive cost plus having to explain the inevitable tax rises which will result. By the time all that's done the government responsible has likely gone so unless both sides agree on the way forward for the long term it falls apart. Maybe that's the reason we've always had this problem - the 2 main parties have always seen it very differently and tended to undo what the other has done.