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I didn't say nationalisation is inherently bad - my point is it's a distraction. If you actually want to sort out the problems with the rail network, sort out the problems. On the whole it actually works pretty well by any objective measure, so nationalisation is a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
If there is great public support for the policy (is there?) it's probably because most people think most of their ticket price is going to fat cat train operators and shareholders, which is far from reality.
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So it's just an inconvenience that a nationalised franchise did better than the privatised ones that can be explained away, rather than in any way troubling your bald assertion that nationalisation is an inherently bad thing. And that the very passenger satisfaction you cited as evidence that things are ok, it dropped after the East coast line was re-privatised. But that's just an inconvenience too. As is the great public support for the policy which again proves how out of touch Corbyn is.