Brian Griffin
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It'll just be generic 'East Coast' again I'd imagine
Train painters are making a fortune on this line
East Coast line to be taken back into public ownership again
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It'll just be generic 'East Coast' again I'd imagine
Train painters are making a fortune on this line
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Apparently it's going to be under "LNER" branding?
Brian Griffin
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They wouldn't be trying to make a profit while paying £3.3Bn to the owner of this infrastructure as they are currently trying to do
Interesting only in that it's not true?
Brian Griffin
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I'd be surprised at that considering the ECML runs to Aberdeen and Edinburgh is one of their most popular destinations.
Was in the Sunday Times rich list magazine on Sunday.
pavarotti1980
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So get rid of the whole lot to someone like Branson is your solution? Give him the infrastructure, trains everything and say "enjoy Sir Branson"
Brian Griffin
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10th largest in London: The Great Estates: Who are London's 10 largest land owners by size? | News | LondonlovesBusiness.com
Will have a look for UK stats
Nope. I'd sell it and say 'enjoy Sir Branson'.
Sorry, 4th: Jo Johnson on Twitter
Brian Griffin
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I look forward to your apology.
pavarotti1980
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Not even in the top 50 in the UK The UK's 50 biggest landowners revealed | lovemoney.com
The RSPB owns more land than Network Rail
Get rid of even more infrastructure. It has served this country well so far!!
Brian Griffin
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From the governments own website: Rail Minister launches review of tree cutting alongside rail lines
For what? You've had 3 goes at quoting me to respond with some facts to back your assertion, and singularly failed each time.
Jo Johnson's twitter was uninformed, even then he said they were the 4th not the 3rd.
pavarotti1980
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SO how come they dont appear in any publication confirming that?
Data from Land Registry FOI in 2015. I suspect NR havent bought up so much land since then they have jumped < top 50 to 4th
The 50 companies that own over a million acres of England & Wales
Brian Griffin
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Look at the post above.
Conclusive proof.
And I apologised and restated 4th.
Apart from last weeks Sunday TImes?
Where's the conclusive proof? Conclusive proof would be a table showing the total area of land owned by the various organisations or individuals. A news item on a government website, probably thrown in by some civil servant lackey is not conclusive proof.
pavarotti1980
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And this was last month. The UK's 50 biggest landowners revealed | lovemoney.com
Have they been busting a gut on Homes under the Hammer in the last month?
And watta. Far too fundamental to put in the hands of privatised industries.
Brian Griffin
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This has them as 8th: Who owns England?
The Minister for Transport as them as 4th: Jo Johnson on Twitter
Some rail mag has them as 4th: DfT launches review as Network Rail told to stop axing trees this season
The Government has them as 4th: Rail Minister launches review of tree cutting alongside rail lines
I'm going to be quietly confident they're somwhere around 4th.
Ok. Even though 3 of those all relate to the same inconclusive source as previous.
weebil64
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But not 3rd? Never 3rd?
