Letter: They don't want you to use the trains

Letter: The latest farce in the story of public finance of privatisation is the decision to increase rail fares in order to deter the public from catching a train.

The rise is not so much to increase profit but to deter usage.

As the government subsidises trains it would have to increase taxation to meet the extra usage of the railways. It does not want to. Thus get back in your cars if you can afford it.

However, many of you will be out of work soon so you can do the country a service by getting on your bike to get to where ever. This situation shows why satire is out of fashion.

The point being that our society, if it is one, is now beyond satire.

It is now a black, unfunny farce.

John D Evans

Telford