The Potters’ Bar derailment has added its seven dead and list of casualties to the toll of death and misery on Britain’s chaotic, privatised railways.
Debate still rages on how the vital nute were removed from the points which had allegedly been "inspected" the day before they triggered the 100-mph tragedy. But almost all impartial analysts and experts agree that the privatisation of the rail network has made it almost impossible to restore safty standards that were swept aside in the pursuit of profit.
Amid the shock and anger, only Labour ministers seem determined to leave Railtrack mired in the private sector, gambling with people’s lives.
New Labour – the friend of big business – has set its face against the 78% of peoplewho still call for renationalisation of the rail industry. How many more need to die before they change their minds?