It’s simple: renationalise rail now
Responding to Labour’s planned announcement that it will let a state operator bid for rail contracts, Bianca Todd from Left Unity said:
“From the left’s point of view, Labour is still on the wrong track. The party seems to be scared of the word ‘renationalisation’.
“Private rail has been a massively expensive failed experiment. Prices have soared but the money has gone into the pockets of private companies instead of being used to improve services.
“If there was anything like a ‘level playing field’ then the private rail firms would not exist. The companies get back far more in subsidy from the government than they pay for the contracts. We are literally paying for their profits and it’s got to stop.
“The railways should be fully renationalised – now.”
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1. Left Unity is the new party of the left in Britain. Founded in November 2013, it already has over 2,000 members and 50 branches across the country.
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Re – nationalise our railways
The private operators act like housing:only using 7 or so coaches behind locos able to pull 12, to cut their costs while people have to stand for hours, which drives people away unless they have to use the train! Those with no choice pay the high fares, so profit rates are ensured. Nationalisation would open the door to genuine mass transit, with new tracks around bottleneck stretches of track, locos pulling to full capacity & a seat for everyone.