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Some exciting innovations for London's commuters, brought to us by the Private-Public partnership:

http://www.new-tube.co.uk/

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From:

lolliepopp.livejournal.com

This is a joke right?

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work has addled my brain and it's only 12.30

From:

ciphergoth.livejournal.com

Yeah, it's a prank by Reclaim the Streets to raise awareness of the PPP and mobilize opposition...

We may at some point need to increase Business Class fares as these improvements come on line. But, in the spirit of the Public Private Partnership, we will finance their introduction by making savings elsewhere. We will for example take the seats out of Cattle Class carriages so they can be cleaned with high-pressure hoses once a month. Look at where those people live: will they mind? And who listens to them anyway?
Some of them may start talking to each other. Some may take the day off work and occupy trains. Some may hold Tube Parties spontaneously demanding the return of an unprofitably safe and accountable public service.
Welcome to your Tube!
But if we can get the public to hand their Tube over to you, you will no longer face the nightmare of being squashed with the unwashed! If you have comments on this exciting market-led initiative, please see the Feedback contacts page.

From:

lolliepopp.livejournal.com

The stupid thing is, I had to read it 2 times before my brain started to say 'hold on this isn't making sense'

God I can be So Slow!

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From:

babysimon

I have considered getting a T Shirt made saying "The only good public-private partnership is RSA", but a) it's a bit too long, and b) it's very very sad.

Simon xxx

PS: There's probably something equally sad to be made from public, protected, private.

From:

ciphergoth.livejournal.com

Also, there's lots of good schemes: RSA, El Gamal, ESIGN, Schnorr, DHAES, DSA, ECDSA...

From:

babysimon

Yeah, but a t-shirt saying "The only 23 good..." would be even worse, and RSA is the best known.

OK. I concede. You are more of a geek than me. Well done. :-P