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Tory Lord Forsyth criticises East Coast privatisation

THE Tories’ ideological decision to reprivatise the East Coast railway line was criticised yesterday — by a right-wing Tory Lord. 

Lib Dem transport minister Baroness Kramer had defended the government’s decision to put the publicly owned line back up for sale in a Lords debate yesterday. 

But the decision to ban state firm Directly Operated Railways from making a new bid to run the franchise from March came under friendly fire. 

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