An article examines the role of the government in the rail sector in the United Kingdom.
The author describes their experience of being stranded on a train at Bristol Temple Meads due to rising flood waters. They were issued a code by GWR to be handed to a taxi driver, but most passengers had been stranded the night before. The author believes privatisation has made them sick and has sickened the whole country. George Monbiot, a Guardian columnist, argues that privatisation and austerity have transferred costs from corporations or the state to individuals, not cutting them. He asks readers to support the Guardian by giving $2 per month to make their journalism free to everyone.
January 12, 2024
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