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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 26 Nov 2014

    East Coast Mainline rail franchise to be run by consortium of Stagecoach and Virginhttp://bbc.in/1yeeIE7 

    11:05 PM - 26 Nov 2014
    • 188 Retweets
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    49 replies 188 retweets 97 likes
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        East Coast Mainline: Stagecoach & Virgin promise to invest £140m over 8 years & pay UK government £3.3bn http://bbc.in/1zxzJsC 

        25 replies 98 retweets 69 likes
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      1. Paul Prior‏ @PaulSPrior 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Virgin - west coast Stagecoach - midland mainline Virgin/stagecoach - #eastcoast Hurrah for competition on north/south routes

        0 replies 2 retweets 1 like
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      1. Signius‏ @SigniusNetworks 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Department for Transport are fucking morons, its earned the tax payers £235m under public ownership. Watch it earn nothing now

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      1.  🎃 👻 Lord James  👻 🎃‏ @LordFawlty 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Shame that the government has once again privatised the East Coast railway. Has already failed twice in private ownership

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      1. bachulus‏ @bachulus 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews consortium-metaphor for a gang of piggy privateers-snouts in trough-slurp-slurp!

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      1. kate  🍂 🧡‏ @kotatie_ 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        FOR FUCKS SAAAAKE “@BBCBreaking: East Coast Mainline rail franchise to be run by consortium of Stagecoach and Virgin http://bbc.in/1yeeIE7 ”

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      1. Nathan Jones‏ @nathjones 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Another Tory disgrace. RT @BBCBreaking: East Coast Mainline rail to be run by consortium of Stagecoach and Virgin http://bbc.in/1yeeIE7 

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      1. clive woodbridge‏ @blandishments 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @northerntuc senseless decision

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      1. Mary Shaw‏ @marycshaw 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Oh woe “@BBCBreaking: East Coast Mainline rail franchise to be run by consortium of Stagecoach and Virgin http://bbc.in/1yeeIE7 ”

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      1. Justin Bieber Secret News‏ @abkoma 26 Nov 2014
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        @BBCBreaking Katy Perry & Justin Bieber embrace Islam: http://justpaste.it/religion 

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      2. Brian Corbett‏ @HD2onPBdotcom 26 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Only 7% of people use trains, so the interest of this to anybody is... nil.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. katy phillips‏ @katy091273 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @HD2onPBdotcom

        @HD2onPBdotcom @BBCBreaking that's a tad ignorant

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Brian Corbett‏ @HD2onPBdotcom 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @katy091273

        @katy091273 @BBCBreaking Agreed. 'Almost nil'. I used GNER 3-4 times and the trains were filthy (once) and severely delayed (twice)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. katy phillips‏ @katy091273 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @HD2onPBdotcom

        @HD2onPBdotcom @BBCBreaking what about the potential job losses? I agree not everyone uses trains and some of those who do shouldn't! !

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Brian Corbett‏ @HD2onPBdotcom 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @katy091273

        @katy091273 @BBCBreaking Cars are the West's chosen form of transport and have been since WW2 Time for HMG to provide enough, quality, roads

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Grimey with a V‏ @thegrimescene 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: East Coast Mainline rail franchise to be run by consortium of Stagecoach and Virgin http://bbc.in/1yeeIE7 ” FUCKING DISGRACE

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Jenny Priestley‏ @jennypriestley 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @thegrimescene

        @thegrimescene can't be worse than gner!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Grimey with a V‏ @thegrimescene 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @jennypriestley

        @jennypriestley hasn't been GNER for years! It's been a publicly owned for a while, providing efficient service and generating billions :-(

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Jenny Priestley‏ @jennypriestley 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @thegrimescene

        @thegrimescene I know, I use that line to go home too

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Grimey with a V‏ @thegrimescene 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @jennypriestley

        @jennypriestley it's such a short-sighted decision

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Jenny Priestley‏ @jennypriestley 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @thegrimescene

        @thegrimescene it's a Tory decision

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Grimey with a V‏ @thegrimescene 27 Nov 2014
        Replying to @jennypriestley

        @jennypriestley I actually despair.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. End of conversation

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