Definitely needs a TL;DR.
We’re only now feeling the effects of the water privatisation of a few decades ago along with the selling off of the council houses.
Yes you certainly have.
For clarity, I have not stated any excuse whatsoever, certainly not for Tories, but rather a reflection on where we are at present, where we could possibly be in the future and what has happened previously.
The realistic prospect of an armed conflict with Russia is what has changed.
Whether we cannot afford it is irrelevant, we may have no choice. We couldn’t afford it in 1939 and it wasn’t long ago that we’d only finished paying for our WW2 debts.
Unless something drastic happens that Putin comes to his senses we are in most likelihood heading for very dark times.
We’re not the only country considering a return to National Service/Conscription.
To say there’s room for improvement is an understatement. Taurus.
It’s probably been longer than that 2014 at least. But I’m sure others will say the cold war never ended.
I’ve always wondered where is the fine invisible line that separates this sort of interference from that being an act of war.
I found them to be total rubbish in my area and was tied in for 12 months. But someone else in another area will find them brilliant. The only provider that I found having the best decent consistency was EE. But I refuse to go into a 12month+ contract with these new rip off mid term price increases.
Nasty Party targets the poor and vulnerable again. It’s a shame that they don’t show the same efforts in going after the corporates avoiding tax.
There’s a race to the bottom and the Nasty Party is right out in front.
Typical Tory strategy straight from their pander-to-the-right-wing-playbook.
Hang on, if they continue to privatise prisons so that the incarcerated are forever in debt for their keep and also provide a cheap labour force for more private companies then surely it’s a win-win for this government.
They maybe a ruthless, incompetent bunch of bastards but they won’t miss a business opportunity!
Time to get rid.
I thought Cruella Braverman was no longer in the cabinet.
Seriously, these Tories seem to think that leadership is about being cruel and heartless bullies.
Long over due to get rid.
When Michael Portillo lost his seat in 97 it was sweet. That was my first experience of a non-tory government post childhood. But the experience of the evil farce of today’s Tories makes pre-97 Major’s Tories look almost desirable.
Even the script writers for Yes Minister/Prime Minister could not have made up the last 14 years.
Thames Water is everything that is wrong with privatisation.
It looked like a deliberate act of suicide whilst drunk.
On one hand this is good news. On the other hand it represents a problem whereby employers exploit workers via low pay and causes low productivity.
That problem isn’t going away too soon unless employers change their stance in paying better wages to get better productivity.
As the saying goes “minimum wage, minimum effort” unfortunately.
Here’s an article via the LSE on low wage and productivity.
Here you go…
Mmm earlier it said £94, the extracted body text said “X and X” and now it’s £19.