(21 Nov 2019, 10:47 pm)Venturego wrote OK!- On the Labour Manifesto re. Bus Policy in our region, I believe this mainly affects Stagecoach, as they predominantly took over the PTE services formally known as the Newcastle, Sunderland & S. Shields Corporations. Northern at that time successfully operated services feeding into the  PTE/Corporation operations with their own services under the Northern, Gateshead, Sunderland District Omnibus (SDO), Tyneside,etc.. brands. Very few GNE routes would be significantly affected negatively by Labour's Bus policy. 

Negative effects of the nationalised National Bus Company came from lack of investment from the Conservative administrations, which mirrored their action on rail, due to a hell bent policy of privatisation which poured profits from public services, often monopolies within their operating areas, into the coffers of private shareholders instead of being reinvested back into the communities in which they serve.