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Great British Railways: Call for new HQ to be built at Becketwell (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 3 months ago by Mex to c/rail

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They should lose the word “Great” from the name. I know that the landmass is officially named “Great Britain”, but sticking a “Great” in the name of a railway company reeks of insecurity and Brexit-era Faragist flag-shagging. If nothing else, it looks like something the Tories would have put up as a distraction while they helped their old school chums loot the public purse.

[–] egonallanon@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it was the tories who gave it this name when they were doing it.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 3 months ago

Yes, and also they had the British Rail arrow logo redrawn in union-jack colours. If we’re keeping their ridiculously jingoistic name (for a nationalised rail company that goes beyond the scope of what they had in mind), we should keep the aggressively Brexity iconography as well.