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That thing we do in the UK? Should be ILLEGAL in the US, moans ex-State monopoly BT

nijam Silver badge

> Anyway, let's not forget why the railways were nationalised in the first place (they were bankrupt)

Lest we forget... they were bankrupted by the goverment not paying them for the rail services requisistioned for the WWII war effort.

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