I agree, however the government would be faced without a choice, your country grinds to a halt without the service and as as been shown again and again the government has to step in and pick up the bill when the prvate owners/operators choose to screw them over.
You got thoroughly stitched up with the east coast line, now you were facing the same mess with the west coast.
You say you cannot see the conservatives or the thatcherlite parties shouldering the responsibilty, if they don't then no one will so its a case of they will have to either now or they will later...and later always costs more.
But then again tha is only two parties, didn't you have a third one over there? Whatever happened to the libdems?
