Other Council's have brought the bus services back under their own control, I think its time this happened here again. The privatisation of the buses has created a continuous battle between the operators, the users and the councils.
Yes I remember when deregulation came out, the then PM Thatcher stated that we would be able to walk to the bottom of our path or driveway and jump on a bus, many small companies sprung up trying to race each other for bus stop passengers, never lasted long before they went out of business,