seagulls4ever
New member
- Oct 2, 2003
- 4,338
Incorrect. When the franchise owners handed back the East Coast main line in 2009 because they couldn't make money, the [Labour] government took over and ran it at a profit. Then they [by now Tories] handed it to Virgin & Stagecoach so that they could make the profit instead, the fares went up and we pay Virgin a massive subsidy. So we lose, passengers lose and shareholders do very nicely at our expense.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/26/east-coast-mainline-why-privatise
You would think the advent of the interwebs, where information can be quickly and easily fact-checked, would result in less spread of misinformation. Apparently not.