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UK Labour’s Half-Baked Nationalisation Plans

Keir Starmer wants to renationalise railways in the UK. This week we ask, why stop there? What about water, energy and other public monopolies?

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer has said if he wins the next general election, within 5 years he will have re-nationalised Britain’s railways. Phil asks Steve whether it naturally follows that this will lead to an improvement in services and lower fares? Steve reckons you any need to look at government run services elsewhere in Europe to answer that quest…

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