Keith Sansum1 wrote:Jan
Do we want public transport run in the interests of the public , or run to look after shareholders ?
WE (apart from a few lefty loonies driven by jealousy) don't give a damn as long as the thing works efficiently and effectively.
Bezos for example is one of the richest men on the planet BUT I get cheap stuff delivered to my door within 24 hours by Amazon. Can you imagine ANY Government building such an organisation.
The same for Google and Apple etc etc.
I suggest such as British Leyland would never have developed a Tesla car however long they had or how many billions were pumped in.
BTW the Leicester result is a rather worrying one for everyone. Leicester has had riots between the cow-worhipping 'Indians' and the Mohammedan 'Pakis' for some while.
Labour stood a BJP supporting Hindu in a mostly Muslim area and got thrashed. I find it extremely worrying that a persons religion or ethnic background might change voting patterns.