McAz wrote:MungoBrush wrote:I prefer to quote actual facts from an official government source:
"For the seventh year in a row, train operating companies (TOCs) paid more (£763m) to government in premium payments than they received in subsidies"
http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_fil ... 016-17.pdf
Ha ha ha - so we are to believe your research and journalism over that of FullFacts.org, the Guardian and Independent...McAz wrote:
Government support to the rail industry is roughly three times what it was at the end of the 1980s, varying year to year. (FullFact)
Train operators pay £200m to shareholders after £4bn subsidy
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/16/rail-operators-200m-dividends-subsidyMungoBrush wrote:So you’re happy to kick in extra taxes out of your pay packet so that rail users can pay lower fares?
...no contest, sunshine - though your ego is something to marvel at.
It's an official government publication from the Office of Rail and Road
It's the same publication that full facts get their info from
But it does have many pages with long sentences, and lots and lots of stats.
So I can understand that you didn't actually read it.