Ding dong the witch is dead

[peterjca]

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[quote author=Razgruff link=topic=7157.msg69035#msg69035 date=1365712389]
did you ever read my post TC underinvestment results in

And of course the Royal Mail is purposefully being run down and subject to cherry-picking to make it ripe for privatisation. Another momentous private failure, ending of the universal rate and fleecing of the cash-cow public coming to a town near you.
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I thought you were all about choice after all didn't you want to be able to choose exactly which electrons and water molecules flowed to your house? Not much choice at the moment when it comes to choosing who to post your letters with is there? Royal Mail. Erm Royal Mail and ahhhh Royal Mail.
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I said nothing about being pro-choice. I pointed out to you the fact that we have mock competition in the utilities and the railways, and that real competition is impossible to achieve.

If you drew the conclusion that I am pro-choice and all for competition then you are wrong. Competition clearly has its place and can do good. But the private sector has been a failure in providing the infrastructure upon which our country is built. Royal Mail and the universal rate is part of that infrastructure. The NHS is part of that infrastructure. The utilities are too.

If the private sector can demonstrate delivery of a public spectacle such as the Olympics then I'll eat my FZ1.