一篇文章探讨了政府在英国铁路部门中的作用。 An article examines the role of the government in the rail sector in the United Kingdom.

作者描述了他们因洪水上涨而被困在布里斯托尔坦普尔米兹火车上的经历。 The author describes their experience of being stranded on a train at Bristol Temple Meads due to rising flood waters. GWR 向他们发放了一个代码，并将其交给出租车司机，但大多数乘客在前一天晚上就被困了。 They were issued a code by GWR to be handed to a taxi driver, but most passengers had been stranded the night before. 作者认为私有化让他们生病了，也让整个国家生病了。 The author believes privatisation has made them sick and has sickened the whole country. 《卫报》专栏作家乔治·蒙比奥特认为，私有化和紧缩政策将成本从企业或国家转移到了个人身上，而不是削减它们。 George Monbiot, a Guardian columnist, argues that privatisation and austerity have transferred costs from corporations or the state to individuals, not cutting them. 他请求读者每月捐赠 2 美元来支持《卫报》，让他们的新闻报道免费向所有人开放。 He asks readers to support the Guardian by giving $2 per month to make their journalism free to everyone.