Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain

Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by refurb on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:18AM (#36678870)

The UK was going into the dumps before Thatcher even came along. That's why she was elected. I couldn't imagine how bad it would be if Labour hadn't been kicked out and the far-left economic approach hadn't been abandoned.

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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by bell-cot on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:32AM (#36678981)

True-ish.

But "2 + 2 = 3 is false" is not an argument for "2 + 2 = 5 is true".

(FWIW - I've seen arguments, in a broad range of periodicals, to the effect that the current generation of British politicians - if not the entire British ruling class - are dysfunctional sh*t, and the UK's future looks pretty bleak.)

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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by gadders on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @07:23AM (#36679426)

I think people don't remember what services were like in those days - the weeks you'd wait for a phone installation etc.

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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by odiroot on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:30AM (#36680062)

True for the railways, not sure about the rest.

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