FirstGroup advert adjudication provokes tirade against the state of the nation’s rail industry

15 April 2016
Comedian David Mitchell attacked the rail industry in The Guardian on 3 April
Comedian David Mitchell attacked the rail industry in The Guardian on 3 April

 

On 3 April comedian David Mitchell used a column in The Guardian to take aim at the nation’s allegedly privatised rail industry. “In modern times, private investment hasn’t really taken off in the track-maintaining part of the railway business,” he began. “Investors prefer to limit their liabilities to the trains, ticket machines and refreshment carts – the bits for which passengers pay money – and leave the bits that cost money to be paid for by the...

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