Reply to: West Coast Franchise Fiasco

[DodgyAgent]

SAS Google search.

I think SAS is still going through millions of Google pages following his search:

"efficient public services"

So far after page 5090 it has thrown up the "Open University" - mind you there are still 5 million pages left to go..

we can wait

[ELBBUBKUNPS]

Share price has dived worth a punt ?

[tractor]

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it is a fantastic facility for people with nothing better to do. Just dont expect employers to count it as a proper degree

We don't care about employers. It's Clients that make our businesses tick HTH

[DodgyAgent]

Asking a question is the first step to enlightenment. Go for it.

Does being a trainspotter make you an expert on the economics of the national rail service?

[eek]

That's probably a good example. Connecting two of the UK's biggest cities.
Are you saying there are or were two roughly parallel tracks between London and Brum?

no there were two routes built with different intermediate stations. West Coast is via Hemel Hempstead and Milton Keynes Chiltern via High Wycombe and Banbury.

[Robinho]

And can you answer it?

No

[DodgyAgent]

How can you debate someone wwho ignores the massive flaws in his arguments?
Whose arguments are so factually incorrect?
I've given you an example above.
Therefore it's logical to call you a moron. Like I said it's a statement of fact not an insult.

You have not given one example - except the Open University

[sasguru]

Why would protectionism make a country rich anyway?

Asking a question is the first step to enlightenment. Go for it.

[Robinho]

How can you debate someone wwho ignores the massive flaws in his arguments?
Whose arguments are so factually incorrect?
I've given you an example above.
Therefore it's logical to call you a moron. Like I said it's a statement of fact not an insult.

No you haven't.

[sasguru]

Again more insults, no intelligent debate.

How can you debate someone wwho ignores the massive flaws in his arguments?
Whose arguments are so factually incorrect?
I've given you an example above.
Therefore it's logical to call you a moron. Like I said it's a statement of fact not an insult.

[Robinho]

Why would protectionism make a country rich anyway? The US was full of immigrants and exported and imported a lot of tulipe from/to Europe.

The USSR was protectionist, and that never go too rich did it.

[Robinho]

Again more insults, no intelligent debate.

[DodgyAgent]

You're just a prize moron. I say that as a matter of fact, not as an insult.

It's the way you say it

[sasguru]

I'm not interested in responding to your every minor point.
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Like when you said the US got rich on free market policies rather than having massive protectionism in place until 1945.

You're just a prize moron. I say that as a matter of fact, not as an insult.

[Robinho]

I'm not interested in responding to your every minor point.

I don't think you can really privatise the trains well. But i blame that on the fact that they were a state monopoly for so long and thus the network, operations as well as the nature of the country has grown around this subsidised monopoly. Even though it is in your nature to disagree with everything i say out of principal i'm sure and would hope you secretly appreciate that argument.

The only country with a mass private rail network is the US. And whilst there are basically no passenger trains (largely because passenger rail transport is not particularly cost effective) they do have a very efficient freight network with a lot of good innovations such as double stack container trains.

Comparatively, the UK has a piss-poor rail freight network.