> It's all ridiculous, and I don't understand how anyone can defend it. it's a ultimately a difference in philosophy UK governments over the past 30 years hav

> It's all ridiculous, and I don't understand how anyone can defend it. it's a ultimately a difference in philosophy UK governments over the past 30 years have decided that passengers should pay to run the railway, rather than the taxpayer out of general taxation if you look at the distribution of earnings of those who use the railways you could even call this a progressive policy meanwhile most European countries chose the other way round