Re: Re-nationalisation of Rail in Britain?

[Michael <mk@netstra.com.au>]

Would I be correct in assuming that you are being sarcastic? It's hard to 
tell on this damned thing! :)


Regards
Michael

David Martin said on 20/08/1999 in <n54v3.5276$O_1.36081@ozemail.com.au>:

>So the Brits stuffed it up. So what?
>This is Australia.
>Our politicians & businesses know how to do things properly.
>Privatisation in Australia will show the world how things can be done
>properly.
>We will soon have the best railway system in the world, thanks to our far
>sighted politicians and private enterprise.
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>David Martin
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>David Bennetts <davibenn@pcug.org.au> wrote in message
>37b9fbe4.0@newshost.pcug.org.au">news:37b9fbe4.0@newshost.pcug.org.au...
>> Anyone following the scene in Britain would be aware that privatisation
>has
>> not gone smoothly, with a number of services deteriorating rather than
>> improving.  The trains may be more colourful, but the gloss may be
>> superficial.  Now the UK Parliament is considering legislation which 
could
>> lead to creeping re-nationalisation of the rail network, according to an
>> international firm of lawyers.  Refer BBC news at http://news.bbc.co.uk
>for
>> more detail.   Watch out Jeff Kennett and others, are we going the same
>way
>> here as Britain?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> David Bennetts
>> Canberra
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