You can't use the Ryanair fare analogy. The 600,000 free travel passes are not valid on Ryanair! People who should know say that 60 - 70% of Intercity passengers don't pay for their tickets. McCarthy had'nt a word to say about that. I don't think we can afford entirely free transport anymore. Subsidise certainly but not free. And we must remember that free travel applies currently to a far wider section of society than just OAPs.
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