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British rail was a joke before privatisation. Now the complaint is mainly around the cost of popular trains, and the performance of state run franchises like no

• ben_w 2y ago
  Shortly after privatisation, the Conservatives who did it lost power; it was going "so well" that the Conservatives' own choice of advertising posters in 2001 included "You paid the tax so where are the trains?"*, an irony I remember well because I was into writing letters to the newspaper editor at the time and my letter about it was published. The main joke (there have been many smaller ones) for the last ~ decade has been the Brighton-London route, and two decades ago my trains home from Aberystwyth were getting cancelled every time a few stops before the Birmingham, with people saying that was to avoid getting counted as late. * https://www.alamy.com/one-of-posters-from-the-conservative-partys-new-campaign-in-london-under-the-slogan-youve-paid-the-tax-so-where-are-the-trains-the-1000-poster-campaign-accuses-labour-of-imposing-an-extra-670-tax-a-year-on-average-families-while-failing-to-improve-public-services-the-claim-will-be-at-the-heart-of-the-conservative-general-election-campaign-said-mr-hague-during-the-launch-today-image380504136.html https://www.alamy.com/one-of-posters-from-the-conservative-p...