Colin Fox, national SSP spokesman, today echoed union criticism of the Scottish government’s decision to award the Scotrail franchise to Dutch firm Abellio rather than taking it back into public hands.
He said: “Like the rail unions we believe that Scotland’s railways should be in public ownership and public investment in them devoted to improved services rather than private profit whether Scottish or Dutch.
“We now have the increasingly bizarre situation that key public services such as energy and railways can be run by public companies based in France, Holland or China but not Scotland.
“In the light of the prospect of increased powers for the Scottish Parliament this decision to press ahead with a private franchise flies in the face of demands for key Scottish services to be democratically controlled in Scotland.”
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Completely agree. It is very sad that the government have missed a great opportunity to run a profitable part of the rail system for the good of society.
I doubt very much if any other government in Europe or indeed across the Globe would award such a lucrative contract to another country.
I thought the idea was to grow the economy at home by creating investment and jobs.I must have missed the bit that says “we shall award contracts to other countries at the expense of the citizens of our own country” You couldn’t make it up !
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