08 Apr 2019

A question about : Please sign the petition to keep East Coast public here.

East Coast has been a success in public hands. This is a decision based on political dogma, not good sense. Please sign

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Just one in five voters (20 per cent) are in favour of re-privatising the East Coast Mainline, according to new polling published today.

A poll carried out by Survation for new campaign group We Own It - shows that nearly-three fifths (58 per cent) of the general public oppose government plans to hand the route back to private train operators. A further one in five (21 per cent) say they are unconvinced about the proposals.

The poll also shows that far more Conservative voters are against (47 per cent) taking the East Coast out of public ownership than are in favour of it (28 per cent).

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  • The ECML actually generates Ј800M+ for the Govt. (and this is increasing). So by keeping it in public hands, it will be of greater benefit to the UK economy over the 15 year span of the franchise than selling it.
    Mind you, The Tories don't have much of a business brain so it's no wonder they sell-off money-makers and keep loss-makers.
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