Keir Starmer at it again..

[BillyDee]

Bold. Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years.

Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years

The party says it offers the "biggest overhaul in a generation" but ministers brand it "pointless".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[YoungWolf]

How long will that pledge even last

 

[Tredman]

How long will that pledge even last

That one is a doddle, a lot is already nationalised and they just need to let the franchises expire.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yep, Network Rail itself has been state-run for nearly 10 years now and a number of train operators are the same (including the whole East Coast Mainline).

It doesn't mean you end up with British Rail II.

 

[Sniffer]

Crap idea, un-costed blah blah blah, left wing lunatics.

What do you mean that you don't have to pay anything as the franchise contracts come to an end?

But Rail Minister Huw Merriman said the plans were "pointless" and "unfunded".
He said Labour doesn't have a "plan to pay for the bill attached to their rail nationalisation", arguing it would eventually lead to tax rises.

Even when a plan is put forward the Conservatives insist that Labour doesn't have a plan.

 

[pr0sl0]

Important to note it’s only nationalisation of the operating companies, not the rolling stock providers.

Better half than none but will mean the system still has a fair bit of price gouging built in behind the scenes.

 

[Tredman]

If only we had a left wing railway working poster able to provide useful comment rather than being on the piss in Germany.

 

[Kenny]

@lemonjelly can you take his place please

 

[lemonjelly]

@lemonjelly can you take his place please

Fuck the lying tory bastards!

(Hope that covers everything @Kenny )

 

[Kenny]

Was hoping you would say you want to but you are on strike tbh

 

[Tredman]

Currently waiting for my third Stafford to London train this week and it’s the third time it’s been late.

 

[sycophantia]

Currently waiting for my third Stafford to London train this week and it’s the third time it’s been late.

They should privatise the railways to make them more efficient.....oh wait

 

[Templeton Peck]

It's a welcome step in the right direction but hard to get too excited without the rolling stock.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Long read on rolling stock ownership from the RMT. Be warned though - it can get a bit too sexy at points.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Dan Poulter MP joins Labour from the Conservatives.

 

[Tony Towner]

and is stepping down at the election despite having a 23k majority, so a real statement rather than political cowardice

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

If I'm being puritanical about it then I'd say that anyone happy to serve under Boris Johnson 5 years ago can fuck off.

Ultimately it doesn't matter.

 

[leedswolf]

it can get a bit too sexy at points.

Points? That's Darlo's speciality...

 

[leedswolf]

It doesn't miss MY point that it's a load of bollocks that this is such big news given everything else that has happened over the last 14 years.

It fucks me off that it's accepted and shrugged off when a Tory is corrupt, when an MP of a different party might be its huge news and there's a load of handwringing.

Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson, who unexpectedly reopened the investigation into Angela Rayner’s addresses, spoke at the last Tory conference.

The appearance raised questions about his political impartiality, as since the event he's garnered Tory support for leading the Metropolitan Police due to his "robust" approach. He’s backed by MP James Daly... who advocated for the Rayner investigation's reopening.

Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.

 

[Sniffer]

Apologies as it’s from the last period of Labour being in charge however I’ve seen plenty of similar stories to this in recent years. An appalling policy and it’s shameful on all governments since that there are people still in jail on IPP sentences.

‘Indefensible’: UK prisoner jailed for 23 months killed himself after being held for 17 years

Coroner condemns ‘inhumane’ imprisonment for public protection sentences that have no end date for release

www.theguardian.com