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		ypzhang2 on Aug 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising s... Except it’s not government related action. This is what a current official did prior to him becoming the minister while an executive of a rail company. So the analysis and the discussion below all stem from a faulty premise

tomatocracy on Aug 30, 2024 [–]

"An executive of of a rail company" is not really the full picture here. Network Rail is state-controlled and a government minister appoints the Chairman.

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