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You're not comparing like with like: Germany is about twice the size of the UK so subsidies are going to be a lot more. A more comparable figure would be £10bn rather than £17bn. Then there's the fact that a big chunk of rail costs are on accountants and lawyers to manage franchises. I have no...

I think East Worthing and Shoreham is down to Loughton being a useless MP - and 5000 is still a healthy majority. Labour could possibly win Crawley and Hastings but they're just two seats. Some of the Tory majorities in Surrey are eye-wateringly big. Grayling, who is one of the most useless...

Well, given that Deutsche Bahn owns five Britsh rail franchises, has a 50% stake in another and also runs multiple bus services in the UK, the British tax payer coughs up a fair bit for their rail services.

Governments are wary of big rises as the electoral consequences can be grave, hence the decisions to scale back on fuel price hikes. But these sort of rises are a no-brainer for governments. Tory ones can push them through knowing there's electoral downside for them - Sussex and Surrey voters...

£73 a week gets you unlimited travel on the entire rail network in Germany, that's good value. https://www.bahn.com/en/view/offers/bahncard/bahncard.shtml