Previous articles in this pub. cation have exposed the economic madness that Labour's privatisation plans ground.
It is clear that privatisation will be hugely expensive and deliver no real benefit whatWhat it will deliver has now become even clearer. The PPP preferred bidders have been forced to explain exactly what they plan to do. If you want to buy socks this is for you If you want a hard luck.
Metronet. bidding to run the lines. the Bakerioo and Centra Lines, propose to spend FAmilion on 5 g Shops to you and me) whilst spending Just 1 3U million ori signalling and E40 million on escalators and lifts. That the chronic delays that plague the system. have been described as over nan a century door patter is repeated for the dent. other bidders on the rest o Any regular user of the "our") assets. the stations are generally are the least worst. tre escalators and lifts are are often out of action for transport service. months at a time, and that ami represcotatives In Greg's case, it is clear track, signalling and trains that one of his kes was to stand as a Socialist cess tums the real priority needs of the system on its head. In fact the targets that Metronet et al are to be