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British Rail was loathed too. Strikes, slam door trains, the effect of weather, forever on the news. If anyone doubts that, I worked with people who'd commuted to London for decades in the 70's and 80's, they hated BR and remember punters getting involved in aggressive rows with striking...

And it’s right that they are zero rated. Air travel … you’re probably right, but it would cost me. It requires nations to work in unison, otherwise you’d get UK residents flying to Dublin, Frankfurt or Amsterdam to then take a further flight. I’ve done that, but for existing cost grounds.

There’s also no VAT on train, bus or coach tickets (sadly I know such things).

Anna Anna Holligan :blush: of the BBC did a mini BBC News doc about just that roughly 4 years ago … we may’ve discussed it? Widespread cycling wasn’t the Dutch thing, in 1950 Amsterdam was an incredibly dangerous place to be a cyclist, they may’ve mentioned death stats. Then the revolution...

Thanks. Obviously/presumably to make their subsidizing of the entity less costly? A true story, in the mid 90’s I’d get Super Apex returns from Kings Cross to Edinburgh at £29. Not using any kind of card, the only condition was something like buying 6 weeks in advance. Somehow, the cost of...

I’m very pro renationalisation of railways (the lot, into just a single entity) and water companies. It’s not ideological and I’m less bothered than the social media chatterati in party political name calling. Railways in this country are incredibly complex. Built 180 years ago on...

A similar option we’ve done is driving to Abbey Wood Station (near Bexley in SE England), cheap parking, just 27 minutes to the centre of London on the shiny new Elizabeth Line. The drive each time took just an hour …. on rail strike days.

Will Labour reduce fares? I just can’t see it. [I wish they would btw].

It’s a front/creative 7. Following the coaching ethos of Ardiles.

If you’re a sardine.