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The Wolf of South End

@FisherPeter @Radical_EgoCom The U.K. was quite socialist til #THATCHER …rail, road transit, power, water, gas, were all state owned.

5 Dec 2024 at 19:09 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodonapp.uk
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Peter Fisher

@TheWolfOfSouthEnd @Radical_EgoCom and were considered to offer a fairly awful service. Also, national rail strikes and lack of investment meant the railway in particular was almost unuseable. Trains, at least, improved a little after they were sold off. It didn't last and they will soon be re-nationalised. Britain, back then, was a poor advert for socialism - it was not working.

5 Dec 2024 at 19:14 | Open on mas.to
The Wolf of South End

@FisherPeter @Radical_EgoCom Of course they were a bit rubbish. We were a bit skint after WW2 for a good while.
Do you think that these services work well now?

5 Dec 2024 at 19:16 | Open on mastodonapp.uk
Peter Fisher

@TheWolfOfSouthEnd @Radical_EgoCom The trains, when i last used them, were better than in the early 70s. At least clean with mainly undamaged seats and doors that work. Early 70s britain was awful - trains poor, gas management poor, electricity plagued by strikes (by miners). The state owned services existed for those who worked in them, not the people they were supposed to serve.

5 Dec 2024 at 19:23 | Open on mas.to
The Wolf of South End

@FisherPeter @Radical_EgoCom It’s exactly like that now.

Ask yourself why the miners were on strike….and tell me a better system.

5 Dec 2024 at 19:25 | Open on mastodonapp.uk
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