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9th May 2007, 13:30

GWR9600

9th May 2007, 18:28

Train operator Arriva Trains Wales faces criticism over plans to withdraw cut-price 'SuperSaver' tickets.

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Its a bit rich of the tory AMs complaining about Arrivia Trains increasing their fares when it was the tories who privatised the railways in the 1st place and didnt regulate all the fares.

swisstrains

9th May 2007, 18:35

Its a bit rich of the tory AMs complaining about Arrivia Trains increasing their fares when it was the tories who privatised the railways in the 1st place and didnt regulate all the fares.

Politicians have short memories Tim:(

GWR9600

13th May 2007, 18:35

Politicians have short memories Tim:(

And the public have even shorter ones, I was talking to someone at work about the Iraqi war and she said the Tories only voted for the war after Blair's infamous dossier, but my reclition of events was that the Tories were as keen as anyone to get rid of Saddam.