With train reliability at a dire low, passengers forced to pay extortionate fares and often overcrowded carriages, few could deny that the railways are broken.
Some blame privatisation three decades ago. While this led to a remarkable increase in passenger numbers, the franchising model let profiteering rail bosses get away with running shoddy services.
Labour says the way to improve the network is to renationalise it. If the party wins power, nearly all train operating firms will be brought back into state ownership As serious as the problems of our railways are, they certainly won't be solved by a return to the dead hand of state control. Mr Yousaf now faces a no-confidence vote. On his party's watch, Scotland has got worse – on the economy, schools and the NHS.
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