The end of the tunnel
Britain's Conservative government wants to sell off the London Underground. Is nothing sacred?
EVERY day, passengers on London's underground railway have a new complaint: power failures on the Central Line, engineering works on the Bakerloo, decrepit trains on the Northern. Britain's government thinks it has the answer. It says that if it is re-elected on May 1st it will put the tube into private hands.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “The end of the tunnel”
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