The state has found all sorts of weird and wonderful ways of interfering in the railways; from compulsory purchase, to nationalisation, to subsidy.  I am against all of them.

You have a complete list, I take it?

Well, how’s about this:

• Nationalisation
• Compulsory purchase
• Subsidy
• Fare control
• Safety legislation
• The funding of infrastructure projects
• Vertical fragmentation
• Contracting out aka franchising

Nothing yet but you never know...