25-03-2020, 09:50 AM
(25-03-2020, 01:05 AM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: To step back a page, why do so many dislike the Guardian? Is this forum a hotbed of Daily Mail fascists? It would seem that the "free market" is unable or unwilling to maintain public services where no profit can be siphoned off to the wealthy chisellers, I gather the railways have been taken back into public hands and about bl**dy time too IMHO!
No, Duncan, some of us have socialist leanings. In fact, not so long ago, I was accused of being an 'unreconstructed Trotskyite' which i took as a direct compliment. However, at my age, I don't need reconstructing - a total nut and bolt rebuild might be better!
And yes, renationalising the railways was seriously overdue. Other key industries should follow!