Does Stagecoach row prove rail privatisation has failed?

After another East Coast franchise runs into trouble, is it time to bring the railways back under state control?

Southern Rail Strike

There are very few people outside the Tory front bench who are willing to defend rail privatisation, despite another headline appearing to strengthen the argument that the networks should be brought back into public ownership.

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