Monday, September 15, 2003
Rail privatization in the UK
Naturally the Bush regime wishes to bring this remnant of Thatcherite excess to the US as soon as possible by gutting Amtrak:
Who cares about trains? They don't use enough oil!
Earlier this month, Jarvis was fined £4,000 and ordered to pay £2,500 costs after two rail workers were electrocuted near York when a crane jib hit an overhead wire carrying 25,000 volts. In March it was fined the maximum £25,000 after a rail vehicle carrying workers, but not intended for that purposes, derailed and overturned. The group is also facing court proceedings in Liverpool over the death of a girl aged eight who stepped on a live rail.
Who cares about trains? They don't use enough oil!
