Just Bumping Along

Another cross-party committee has shown itself a slightly more effective opposition than the Miliband wing of the British Neoliberal Party. The public accounts committee has ordered Network Rail to give an account of itself because spending on passenger rail is "poorly understood". By coincidence, passenger rail is the largest single area of spending, and therefore the biggest excuse Network Rail has for increasing fares and demanding that the taxpayer do more to facilitate its profiteering. A spokesbeing complained that Network Rail already has dozens of reports published about it, but said that the company was working to publish more. Meanwhile, the Government is planning to incentivise rail travel by putting more potholes in the roads.