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""Andrew Murray rightly draws attention to the fact that - far from modernising the railways in the interests of the customer - the break-up and privatisation of rail has led to catastrophe and a deteriorating service. His conclusion that rail privatisation is not only 'uniquely awful' but has a wider message about the role of the private sector in the public services is highly relevant to the debate now taking place about the future of those services."" - Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London "Andrew Murray has produced a mini-masterpiece and done his country an enormous favour ... In a better world ASLEF union organisers would distribute free copies at mainline stations to weary, humiliated commuters." - New Statesman ""In exposing the failings that enterprise and political expediency have brought us so far, [this] combination of forceful reasoning and emotional polemics carries the day. The most ardent free-marketer will struggle to rebut [it]."" -- Daily Telegraph "... prescient..." - Financial Times "It is not often that one can describe a book examining policy failures, mmanagement failures and risk assessment at as a 'rattling good yarn'" - Tribune "Meticulously researched and well-written, this book is a must." - Morning Star
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Written by a Communications Officer for the train-drivers'union ASLEF, this volume exposes the history of mismanagement of Britain's rail network since privatization. A new afterword brings the story up to date, including details on the Potter's Bar accident.
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- VerlagVerso Books
- Erscheinungsdatum2002
- ISBN 10 1859844960
- ISBN 13 9781859844960
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten200
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