Well done Grant Shapps
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Oh, wait... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51298820
Troubled rail company Northern is to be brought under government control.
The decision, which will see the firm's franchise stripped from operator Arriva Rail North from 1 March, was taken following years of major disruption.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said passengers had "lost trust in the north's rail network".
Arriva said it "understood the government's decision", but problems had been largely due to "external factors" such as rail infrastructure.
Northern passengers have faced rail chaos ever since new timetables were introduced in May 2018, and punctuality and reliability problems have continued to blight the network.
Mr Shapps said: "People across the north deserve better, their communities deserve better and I am determined to achieve that."
The move means services will be operated by an arms-length government-owned company.
German-based Arriva had been due to run Northern until March 2025.
But Mr Shapps revealed in October he had requested a proposal from Northern to outline its plans to improve services, after "unacceptable" delays and cancellations.
The Department for Transport then had to consider whether to hand a new, short-term contract to Arriva, or to nationalise services by putting the government-controlled Operator of Last Resort (OLR) in charge.
Well done Grant Shapps
I've always understood Life on Mars' viewpoint on any subject to be "flexible" depending on the party or individual that is giving a view on said subject .
For me, the notion of the Tories (re)nationalising an industry is amusing, but I think it is a correct decision this time.
I t was bit naughty after a few beers and a wind up
Try and chill FFS your only on the planet once unless , one of you is related to Pythagoras, Socrates, or Plato , which you could be as you do come across as very knowledgeable people , whose views must be heard .
You've been told several times by posters that you're not a good wind up merchant, though. I can promise you that absolutley nobody gets wound up by your posts, we just get confused by them as you either make no sense whatsoever ("your only on the planet once unless, one of you is related to Pythagoras..." ) or you just come across a bit of a dick or a hypocrite - depending on the topic. Nevertheless, nobody is getting wound up by you
...but it doesn't get to me (or anyone else), you're delusional if you think you have that effect. Your wind ups are either unoriginal or completely nonsensical.
When you think that I'm "biting" I'm literally trying to find out what you were trying to say... I honestly don't think it's your grammar... Sometimes I have to question whether you literally have no idea what you wanted to say and maybe you are bobbing for sentences and go with whatever comes out.
We're all chuckling, mate... It's just not with you.