Let's bring buses under public control

BY WEST SCOTLAND MSP ROSS GREER

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For many people, me included, buses are essential for day-to-day travel.

Everyone should have access to affordable and reliable public transport, but that’s far from the reality when it comes to Scotland's overpriced and fragmented private bus network.

Alongside Glasgow's Green MSP Patrick Harvie, I'm calling for bus services across the West of Scotland to be brought back under public control, so that routes can be planned based on what our communities need rather than what will make the most profit for company shareholders.

Quite predictably, the fiercest opponent of our proposals is McGill’s Buses’ owner Sandy Easdale, who has launched a series of unintentionally hilarious personal attacks against myself and Patrick.