In small part,
yes. Pathological commitment by the Major government played its part too. Actually, exactly when it was privatised, big parts of BR (albeit not the part that guy worked for) were working pretty efficiently. Allowed to develop it could, maybe have been the envy of the world today. And a darn sight cheaper.
(Good old boy just like yer grandma!, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 0:03, 2 replies)

My dad and grandad lost their jobs and entire careers when it was privatised.
Load of bollocks.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 0:08, closed)

Talking shite again.
Fuck off.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sun 26 Feb 2012, 0:19, closed)

I almost felt something for you then.
Almost.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 26 Feb 2012, 0:40, closed)

3 generations of unemployed fuckups
ftw
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sun 26 Feb 2012, 14:51, closed)

I like the name.
And the sentiment.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Mon 27 Feb 2012, 0:07, closed)

Privatisation (n.): the act of turning a public service into a racket, abrogating all responsibility for said service while still collecting the same amount of tax, and charging a vastly inflated rate for an inferior service which only ever gets worse.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 0:10, closed)

The Oxford Corpus
that's behind all OED dictionaries is no doubt computerised by now -- oh that a disgruntled commuter/phone user/energy consumer working for the Oxford University Press decided to take it upon themselves to actually change the entry for what you've said! Oh and yes, agreed.
(Good old boy just like yer grandma!, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 0:42, closed)

Can you imagine a privatised fire service?
They'd make you hang on the phone for half an hour at £2 a minute before you got to speak to anyone human, then take three hours to get any firefighters out, who would initially go to the wrong town, and charge you a £50 call-out fee on top of that.

And if your house burned down because of their incompetence, they'd triple your fire insurance rates the next month.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 0:51, closed)

Er,
hang on...
(Good old boy just like yer grandma!, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 22:11, closed)