If there is one thing I have done in my time in the UK, it is take the train! Many many times in fact. I am mad today with the ticket price increases which are much higher than inflation and as high as 11% increases (on Canterbury-London) have been implemented. The government says it wants customers bare more of the cost of rail upgrades and take the burden off the tax payer. WHY?!! I pay plenty of tax and I would be happy to think that some of that is going towards maintaining infrastructure like railways. Where exactly are the government planning to put this spare tax money which is not going into rail investments? Does anybody know? If anyone can point me towards an explanatroy website I would be glad of it.
In other news I am pretty maddened by David Cameron’s proposal for funding cuts for the NHS when a patient catches one of the so-called “super-bugs” in hospital. Great idea David! That’s exactly what the NHS need to treat people need when they get sicker – less money! Boo-urns.
