← Back to context Comment by ulfw 13 hours ago You must have forgotten Thatcher 2 comments ulfw Reply blibble 13 hours ago she was certainly a fan, but the spark for the match for almost all of the privatisations was EU/EEC directivesif the UK had never joined the EEC those industries would likely still be under government ownership(for better or worse, water certainly was a disaster, but telecoms and airlines seem to have gone reasonably well)and rail was done post Thatcher, with her on record as saying it is "a step too far" hdgvhicv 6 hours ago As a regular user I see rail privatisation as successful.In fact the only failure is water, as it was just privitised regional monopolies with no competition.Electicty/gas? Tell me you’d be happy with British Gas when you aren’t allowed to use OctopusPhone? Of course that’s a success, both mobile and also wires.Airline? Freight?Busses are too fragmented in regional areas, but the services tend to be better than they were under council run.
blibble 13 hours ago she was certainly a fan, but the spark for the match for almost all of the privatisations was EU/EEC directivesif the UK had never joined the EEC those industries would likely still be under government ownership(for better or worse, water certainly was a disaster, but telecoms and airlines seem to have gone reasonably well)and rail was done post Thatcher, with her on record as saying it is "a step too far" hdgvhicv 6 hours ago As a regular user I see rail privatisation as successful.In fact the only failure is water, as it was just privitised regional monopolies with no competition.Electicty/gas? Tell me you’d be happy with British Gas when you aren’t allowed to use OctopusPhone? Of course that’s a success, both mobile and also wires.Airline? Freight?Busses are too fragmented in regional areas, but the services tend to be better than they were under council run.
hdgvhicv 6 hours ago As a regular user I see rail privatisation as successful.In fact the only failure is water, as it was just privitised regional monopolies with no competition.Electicty/gas? Tell me you’d be happy with British Gas when you aren’t allowed to use OctopusPhone? Of course that’s a success, both mobile and also wires.Airline? Freight?Busses are too fragmented in regional areas, but the services tend to be better than they were under council run.
she was certainly a fan, but the spark for the match for almost all of the privatisations was EU/EEC directives
if the UK had never joined the EEC those industries would likely still be under government ownership
(for better or worse, water certainly was a disaster, but telecoms and airlines seem to have gone reasonably well)
and rail was done post Thatcher, with her on record as saying it is "a step too far"
As a regular user I see rail privatisation as successful.
In fact the only failure is water, as it was just privitised regional monopolies with no competition.
Electicty/gas? Tell me you’d be happy with British Gas when you aren’t allowed to use Octopus
Phone? Of course that’s a success, both mobile and also wires.
Airline? Freight?
Busses are too fragmented in regional areas, but the services tend to be better than they were under council run.