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I thought the question from the Morning Star asking what will be done about media bias was almost hysterical.
Nationalising the water companies- where is all this money coming from?
I'm off to get a German passport .. :-)
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Lest we forget they've missed every economic target they've set by a country mile.
As for economists, some may be saying that. Some are saying it's accurate. Tell me again when an economist last got it right?
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youI also wonder what people think will be the benefit of re-nationalising those services. Do they honestly believe they'll get cheaper? Reality says that instead of prices going up to maintain company profits, prices will go up because a) the unions want more money, and b) the hole in the budget has to be plugged somehow, and these services will be the only way the government can get revenue outside of taxes.
Ahhh...so you're a "We don't need no stinkin' experts" kinda guy then?
Pretty much everything that's happened since the referendum was predicted pretty accurately. It's just that the "no experts" crowd didn't believe it, and now they blame everything on the Tories as a get-out-of-jail-free for their opinions.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youIt also assumes that their fiscal plan works out exactly as predicted, give or take £4bn and hope that their tax plans don't cause a tax flight.
However, when privatised companies providing an essential service fail, the state always has to pick up the pieces. East Coast mainline was fantastic when it fell back to public ownership.
And no private medical company will provide A&E services - there's no profit in it.
So a balance needs to be reached. I remember the bad days of telecoms before BT privatisation - privatisation has definitely worked well here.
Having Virgin running essential health and social care services, I'm not so sure.
Generally those in favour of privatisation are relatively immune to the effects of it.
The chances of Corbyn being PM have just vanished. The Labour Manifesto might be worth collecting as at this rate it will be the last one they ever produce .. :-)
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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youRemember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
They have promised to protect Wales from the effects of them voting for Brexit. You couldn't make this stuff up.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Labour's Sarah Champion has revealed that the plan to renationalise the water industry was only decided three weeks ago.
The shadow secretary of state for women and equalities told the BBC: “To be quite honest, we’ve had three weeks, so this is an intent.
"So what we need to do is look at the legislation and see exactly what it is that we would pay to shareholders.”
Pushed on whether Labour were prepared for government, Ms Champion said she had only been given one extra member of staff since becoming a shadow minister - that, she said, was "the reality of being in opposition”.
Asked about renationalising the railways she said: “The railways are not actually in private ownership - they are franchised… when the next one comes up; take it back into public ownership.”
christ almighty, someone, just tell it like it is will you?
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There is no political party that hits all the right issues in all the right ways (except for @Drew_TNBD ''s wonderful tFB party plan ) so it's all about weighing up what you believe is most important, what's achievable and what you'd rather see.
I think some people don't understand this - the ability to criticise bad policy doesn't mean you don't want to vote for them anyway. Bad policy is bad policy...
I must admit, I was pretty surprised when I found out how many of our crucial services are in fact off-shore owned. Whose idea was it to sell up? Or was it just a very ambitious European who began it all?
I wish everyone could be more critical, of all parties. God knows they make it easy enough... You'd have less bullshit soundbite politics, too.