IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Len Shackleton has been quoted in Guido Fawkes criticising the Labour Party’s new proposals for renationalisation of the railways.

The article said:

“The Institute of Economic Affairs blasted the ‘lacking in detail’ proposal, writing ‘the ritual denunciation of profits and the belief that ‘communities’ (or rather political bosses) have a role to play; but their role always seems to be to demand more money, resist closures, and open more lines, irrespective of any commercial discipline’.”

Read the full article here.

Len’s comment was also quoted in The i (front page, 25/04/2024), Proactive, and The Yorkshire Times.