“For the first time in a generation the Conservatives are at real risk of losing the great railway debate,” says Tony Lodge.
He says that “a toxic mix of not delivering on privatisation pledges, Whitehall micro-management and failing to address the Southern franchise failure has combined to convince Jeremy Corbyn that he commands huge public support for rail renationalisation”.
Lodge says that “a new rail policy, which delivers real choice for passengers, would expose Corbyn’s flawed calls for renationalisation and finally deliver on the Conservatives’ rail pledges made a generation ago. It’s still not too late.”
We've read it in: The Daily Telegraph, August 16 2017, Page 17
