East Coast rail to be state-run

[Peoplesoft bloke]

It will not be state run. The franchise will be sold to another bidder. Nationalisation does not work.

Oh no, privatised railway services have been an outstanding success!

[Green Mango]

We should let the French (or Spanish or Germans) run these rail lines. They're obviously so much better at it...

The reason they are better is the spend a lot of money on then not tuppence hapeny.

[Cyberman]

Oh no, privatised railway services have been an outstanding success!

Indeed.... far better than the services that we had prior to privatisation.