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Bill: Rail Nationalisation
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Revolutionary Socialist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2595
Description[?]:
| We must end the absurd ineffiency and profiteering inherent in the current system. A fully intergrated public transport network is essential to provide adequate services and to tackle environmental pollution |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Train Operating Companies (TOC).
Old value:: The State owns and operates a national TOC, alongside private TOCs.
Current: Private companies operate regional TOC's. The national service is provided by a publicly owned, national TOC.
Proposed: There is a single publicly owned TOC.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:15:27, June 21, 2008 CET | From | Dorvish Socialist Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Rail Nationalisation |
| Message | We will never vote for a proposal which denies the right to choose between a public service and several private services |
| Date | 16:00:45, June 22, 2008 CET | From | People's Revolutionary Socialist Party | To | Debating the Rail Nationalisation |
| Message | ????? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 36 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 352 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings." - Franklin Thomas |