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Mail writer backs rail nationalisation

16 May 2014
Mail columnist Peter Hitchens has come down firmly in favour of rail renationalisation
Mail columnist Peter Hitchens has come down firmly in favour of rail renationalisation

 

ON 11 May, Daily Mail columnist Peter Hitchens, a man widely known to have generally right-of-centre political views, allied himself with a cause generally adopted by those on the left by calling for the renationalisation of the country’s railways.

“Privatisation was an act of political madness and a huge con that left us with delays, antique trains and a vast bill,” Hitchens began. “What on earth is the point of the Labour Party if it cannot even oppose the mad disaster...

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