[theo_luddite]

Conservative Gov't made the beds they don't want to lie in. They chopped up British Rail into franchises to stop the collective bargaining. Meaning folk could move from one franchisee to another to get a better wage. When Covid hit the franchise model stopped working. So they did the Labour thing, and renationalised it. Wonder who else suggested this a while back?, hmmm. Why didn't that work out I wonder?

Anyway, now everyone is working for HM Guvunmint again, and they just lob "cost plus" money at the former franchisees, there's no need to move jobs, because you get the same pay (sort of). So now you are back to arguing with effectively British Rail again, but the Conservatives are too thick to realise this. They want to blame anyone and everyone for the furcups that all land at their door because every man jack in the cabinet is either bone idle or as thick as several short planks. It's doubtful there's two braincells to rub together between the lot of them. Their best effort at modernisation is to shut down the ticket offices because everyone can apparently find the cheapest tickets online - except when you want to collect the tickets at the station and all the kit has gone for a burton. This is your "high pay, hi-tech Guvunmint at wurk".