Reasons why the unions are very careful about where they pick the dates to have the maximum impact. but only by their basis, mr harper cannot have it all ways. the railways are now very firmly part of the public sector, network rail is owned by the taxpayer, all the passenger services are owned by the taxpayer, but privately operated. and while he is a step closer than grant shapps was with some of the ludicrous things that he said, he cannot stay out of this because the railways are in the public sector, he needs to take responsibility for that and play a key role in moving this forward. whic...