(01 Jan 2021, 11:46 pm)Ambassador wrote I agree, cut down to service minimums to get people from A to B. We shouldn’t be propping up multi million pound businesses. We’re not doing it for other sectors Furlough costs will cost the tax payer less than all this dead mileage and fresh air movement.
I recognise it’s complicated as buses are integral to key worker transportation and the economy in general as well as the direct employment of company staff. Most buses are British built so also indirectly supporting the recovery in that regard. But it’ll be hard to stomach the big op-cos going back to resisting re-regulation after taking life support for most of 2020/1.
What really stinks is the hypocrisy of Diamond, Stagecoach etc in Manchester who categorically do want your money, but only on their terms.
https://www.yourbuses.co.uk/