Europeans say thank you to British rail privatisation

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Thank you

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UK BTFO

So narurally stiff.

AHAAHAHAH

Thanks lads.

You'll need the money for all those immigrants.

FUCKING REKT

>tfw no french gf

Fucking hate being America-lite

The NHS is still pretty good but it's unlikely to be universal single-payer by 2025

My only hope is that Scotland becomes independent and the English suffer in the dystopian neo-lib hellhole they've made

That feel when I usually agree with the left more than the right when it comes to public transport..

>The NHS is still pretty good

If Scotland leaves, then the rUK will be governed by the Tory Party for eternity.

You can't do this to them.

I bet my nuts Italy will join this. Buying the least used, most wrecked train line EVER, pay millions of euros to modernise it and sell it back to the Brits for cheap while we get another lifetime tax on gasoline

source: Italian history, chapter "colonies and colonisation"

it's what they deserve honestly
nothing ruins a party more than an englishman

Still ranked the most efficient healthcare system in the world according to the OECD iirc

Although it's a lot better in Scotland. Hunt's pretty much shattered all morale in the NHS in England and the system requires a great deal of good will from those working in it to survive.

>If Scotland leaves, then the rUK will be governed by the Tory Party for eternity.

And with the state of labour (not that I'm a massive fan of them but they're better than the tories) it looks like the UK could be ruled by tories til 2025 at least anyway.

Scotland has a single conservative MP

Who remembers this video?
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>dat smug expression on the german when he says thank you

Cost me £100 to get down to Oxford from Edinburgh about a month ago

I've flown to Stockholm for £40 return before

>EU
>not the height of neoliberalism

>USA

>voting for Trump and Brexit because you don't like neoliberalism
Haha

lol

USA probably is 2bh, but Westminster's been worse than the EU has for a long time

Macmillan was probably the last great prime minister and since then the tories have been the party of false economy. They literally just sold of the land registry (which, in addition to being something that the state really ought to be in charge of, was profitable) to a private company - allegedly it was to do with preventing freedom of information requests from applying to land but I wouldn't put it past ideology-driven ministers as just wanting to dump all state assets.

MY THOUGHTS ON ENGLAND

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They didn't sell the Land Registry, you massive lying faggot.

Missed the news that it was put on hold but the fact that they were going to sell it shows the state of affairs.

Not like I had much of a say in it
I was born just as privatisation had been completed and haven't had the opportunity to vote in a general election


Even then, Labour are in complete shambles with someone in the Shadow Cabinet resigning every 6 months and a complete Shadow Cabinet purge every year

The Lib Dems have turned into Who: The Party because they were decimated in the last GE

UKIP have no use since their only goal was completed

The Tories, despite being the Tories, are going to be running this country for a very long time

lol and to think they're still kissing Thatcher's ass on the other side of the channel

>You'll need the money for all those immigrants.

t. totally immigrant-free paradise

pic related

US rail went from privatized to partially owned by the government though

I feel sorry for this guy, honestly.

"Shadow Cabinet" sounds so cool for something so boring.

That score is made up, it went 2-1 then 3-1 then 4. Also that was the first goal.

Well he's not wrong. They're both run by the same types of people

Same thing with healthcare, banks, roads etc.

Only thing that went from public to private in the US is airlines

You need to have something serious to see the NHS as good. If you go to an A&E with a non-life threatening injury and complain about waiting times I have zero sympathy.

Why are you posting this, when we do the same and have french and english companies run some of our trains?

It's just some video by some union to make the tories look bad. I honestly can't wait until all rail staff are replaced by self-drive trains anyway.

>This is meant to make me angry at the Tories
>Instead, it just makes me angry at the EU
wew

yes, he seems like a nice lad, but god has he an ugly face

that will be glorious.

I think we will buy the self driving trains from Europe too which will be such sweet ironing

literally why, the literal

Obviously be angry at either those who decided to privatise, or the union that's trying to stir up shit to protect muh outdated jobs

I had a minor chest issue and I saw a doctor, an X-Ray technician, and a physiotherapist all within the space of two weeks

My dad had a minor heart problem that in no way was life threatening, or even life impeding. He didn't even know about it until he looked back at his heartrate on his heartrate monitor after exercise. Still, he went to his GP and a week later went to hospital for a 20 minute bit of surgery.

Similar story when he broke his wrist. I drove him to A&E and about an hour after checking in, he got called up.

I honestly think waiting times in A&E and to see specialists are a meme.

I'm sure we already have some on a few of the lines but I couldn't tell you which. I think the tube uses some? The more unions become politicised the more I want to see them get wrecked.

Transport for London opened a tender for procurement, but the unions went apeshit and the tender was quickly closed.

I think the only unmanned "trains" in the UK are the Docklands Light Railway and various people movers at airports like Birmingham

>thinking that Railways make ANY kind of profit

They always lose money. You can only try to minimize the cost as much as possible. Selling them out is a stupid idea though.

Yeah if you have a problem they don't wait around. If I call up the specialist because of a problem, I go into A&E for a few hours, put on a ward and start getting x-rays or whatever the next day.

You do get seen a lot faster as an inpatient too, because they want to make you leave. Only thing I hate is I get put on the ward with the alcoholics if I do go in.

Thank fuck it's not America.

I just went and checked, an article does say they look to be introduced 2020s. Hopefully that's going to happen.

I must've got mixed up with guards, although I do hope for driverless trains eventually. I know the whole southern rail problem at the moment is over guards, or so they say, but I don't think those are necessary either.

>Thank fuck it's not America.
Why? You would have been seen even faster by superior doctors.

>Why? You would have been seen even faster by superior doctors.
Arguable, there are plenty of people who complain about having to wait for an appointment with a specialist.
Because my medication would cost me thousands a year even with insurance because of how it works.

The NHS isn't anywhere near perfect but compared to the American system I'd take it any day.

sure. but for the low low low price of my entire house and car.

Blimey mate, I thought brits were bitter cunts but now I must say: Thank you

Hang on, though. If selling the railways to these European companies makes the journey cheaper for Britons, what's the problem?

the problem is that it doesnt

>makes the journey cheaper for Britons
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-rail-passengers-rpice-hike-train-fares-europe-income-southern-virgin-gwr-a7506711.html

It doesn't

No, not really.

GERMANS OUT!

shut up Pajeet.

Nuke all these countries NOW

>governed by the Tory Party for eternity.

Sounds like paradise 2bh

Do you want to carry the nukes by train, perhaps ?

Italo and Frecciarossa are amazing tho

Lefties neck yourselves

>ITT people not understanding how the British rail network works and what parts are private and aren't
>ITT people that enjoy a bloated public sector
Filthy sweeds

Because these companies overcharge Brits so they can lower prices on the continent.

smug faggots

They're just salty that we're leaving

>let's blame the Euros and not the politicians who allowed this to happen

dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/09/ns-under-fire-over-scottish-services-mps-demand-action/

Thanks for the money Britbongs

Then why don't brit companies make a cheaper offer and outbid the over french or german ones?

because the railways in France and Germany got government backing?

why do europeans think we don't have healthcare


1) you don't know what the word "healthcare" is. healthcare is doctors and medicine and treatment. those things exist everywhere in the world. and we have the best doctors and hospitals and technology and pharmaceuticals in the world and get talent from all over the world

2) what you're actually referring to is paying for the healthcare. paying for healthcare is not the same thing as healthcare, but you use the word "healthcare" to cover both. maybe you're just dumb or it's a linguistic limitation. anyway, you have the idea that if the government doesn't pay for it (ie you pay for it through taxes) then it's not healthcare. but nearly all americans have healthcare coverage and nearly all americans get their healthcare insurance through their employer. my health insurance coverage right now is glorious and is especially great considering how much higher wages are in the US and how much lower the cost of living is here.

So then german and french governments are subsidizing british train lines?

(Protip: They don't)

Yeah I know, but you have to admit the actors/writers did a really good job of coming across as smug pieces of shit. And even though that's obviously the reaction they're trying to get out of the British audience, I still can't help but get pissed off

Damn I cant get anywhere worth seeing for less than $30.

Euros have traveling easy.

>thinking nationalising the railways would be good

toplel

>So then german and french governments are subsidizing british train lines?
He literally said that French and German railways are backed by their respective governments, hence why British corporations cannot provide funding equal to the French or German government.

Are you illiterate?

kek, fucking commies

I didn't know Virgin Trains, Crosscountry etc were on the continent

was talking about how german and french companies overcharge for franchises in britain.

So I asked why british companies can't offer cheaper service for franchises in britain.

claimed that the german and french governments are backing their companies (to outbit british ones for franchises in britain).

>Thank you
No, Thank YOU. By supporting the European, government-led buy-up of British state-operated railway lines, you are lowering British railway fees year after year while simultaneously filling up the coffins of HM Revenue Service by purchasing shares in low-yield, high-maintenance transportation companies.

Would you like tea and biscuits to help forget the unusually unprofitable business deal you´ve recently made?

National express runs some trains here, Go Ahead recently also won bids.

>So I asked why british companies can't offer cheaper service for franchises in britain.
There's no reason why they can't but there's plenty of reasons why they wouldn't. You think some British company bought them up back up they'd lower the prices out of the goodness of their hearts?

Honestly even if they were nationalised again I still don't think prices would go down.

Thank you

>netherlands
>publicly owned rail

I fucking wish

t. Minority white british capital

how is the US the height of neoliberalism when we have trump in the white house, and a culture in which the term socialist is the same as communist? stupid brit faggot with your head up your own ass

>implying letting the franchises run out is not a good thing
>privatizing monopolies

I don't understand. Who bought it and how does it make cheaper for people in other countries? Do the brits also have cheaper tickets?

>Who bought it
public owned railways companies from european countries like France, Germany and Netherlands

>how does it make cheaper for people in other countries
the profits they make with british trains are used to make the tickes cheaper in their respective home country

>Do the brits also have cheaper tickets
no

>ne·o·lib·er·al·ism (nē′ō-lĭb′ər-ə-lĭz′əm, -lĭb′rə-)
>n.
>A political theory of the late 1900s holding that personal liberty is maximized by limiting government interference in the operation of free markets.

In finland if a publicly owned company makes a lot of profit the money goes to the company runners, not making prices cheaper. For example the finnish post service (100% owned by the country) sacked a lot of workers and rised pices. They made huge profits and the CEOs wage rised from 486 000 euros to 501 000 euros and he bad bonus of 78 000 euros.

Do you even know what neoliberalism is?

Protip: It has nothing to do with the american definition of liberal.

>lowering British railway fees

top kek

You're not fooling anyone here, according to the WHO, your healthcare system is even more inefficient than ours (Colombia). How is that even possible?

Are you claiming that British railway tickets are becoming more expensive as the year fly by? That is not the case, as far as I´ve understood it. Perhaps I forgot an important detail? Enlighten me.

>inefficient
>according to the WHO
You dun goof´d.

>using railways
>implying privatization isn't better than nationalization
fucking eurocuck socialist government cultists

>the freer the market, the freer the people!

how so?