North East BSIP: £804 Million Pound Plan For North East Buses
North East BSIP: £804 Million Pound Plan For North East Buses
(16 Aug 2022, 3:15 pm)Ambassador I don't think there's the political will or the public appetite for nationalisation. People like the idea of it but the reality isn't all its cracked up to be. The buses in manchester will forever end up being a stick to beat Burnham with.
It doesn't help that the vast majority of passengers will be of the lower demo and less likely to vote versus a private car user eiither.
(16 Aug 2022, 7:57 pm)Andreos1 Not sure about that.
It's not as if the taxpayer isn't contributing millions in handouts to these PLCs since Covid came along.
Obviously they were already getting hundreds of thousands prior.
Might as well cut out the middle man and send it from one Government department to another, rather than continue sending it from a Government department to a clueless commercial team - so they can 'spaff it up a wall'
(16 Aug 2022, 3:15 pm)Ambassador I don't think there's the political will or the public appetite for nationalisation. People like the idea of it but the reality isn't all its cracked up to be. The buses in manchester will forever end up being a stick to beat Burnham with.
It doesn't help that the vast majority of passengers will be of the lower demo and less likely to vote versus a private car user eiither.
(16 Aug 2022, 7:57 pm)Andreos1 Not sure about that.
It's not as if the taxpayer isn't contributing millions in handouts to these PLCs since Covid came along.
Obviously they were already getting hundreds of thousands prior.
Might as well cut out the middle man and send it from one Government department to another, rather than continue sending it from a Government department to a clueless commercial team - so they can 'spaff it up a wall'
