Is the NHS up for sale?
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Yes we will take back control from the EU
Then we will lose much more control negotiating worse deals with EU, US and everywhere else.
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durhamplumber
LAL GAL NOTCHY And JOHND......Never mind the four horsemen of the Apocalypse..BREXIT is the next mass extinction according to these miserys.
Of course the tories always get a better outcome?
Britain’s underlying public finances are among the worst in the world, behind the Gambia, Uganda and Kenya
"The UK has undergone one of the most drastic privatisations of any economy since the early 1980s".
"Under the Conservative government since 2015, policy has gone a stage further, incentivising departments and local authorities to sell off assets to fund day-to-day spending under the premise that such an approach is necessary to cut the deficit".
"the tendency of governments to focus on debt “misses large swaths of government activity and can fall victim to illusory fiscal practices”.
"When public assets are taken into account, selling a public utility, for example, may do nothing to improve the public finances"
“For instance, privatisations increase revenue and lower deficits but also reduce the government’s asset holdings,”.
“Similarly, cutting back maintenance expenditure reduces the deficit and lowers debt, but also reduces the value of infrastructure assets, which could cost more in the long term.”
That's all very well but privatisation is marching ahead all across Europe.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/op...rket-is-incompatible-with-labour-s-manifesto/
You lefties never cease to amaze me, you want to stay in the EU but refuse to accept that state owned businesses ae not compatible with eu membership.
You don't want austerity, but want to stay a member of the EU who instigated austerity.
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Poor old filly...
Always wanting to put a label to someone/something...
I'm neither left or right or middle of the the road...
I have (unlike many on here) the intelligence to decide on an issue by issue basis
But hey, if you want to spout the illusion that the EU is against national ownership of assets or is the causation of austerity then you are free to do so...
Makes you look like a total d*ckhead though
That's right, you're all over the place.
Through a left wing agenda.
Obviously the Cons wouldn't sell any parts of the NHS.
Why, it would be as ridiculous as suggesting that they'd sell
* British Petroleum (1979, 1981, 1987)
* International Computers Limited (1979)
* Lunn Poly (1971)
* Rolls-Royce Motors (1973)
* State Management Scheme (1973)
* Thomas Cook (1972)
* British Aerospace (1981, 1985)
* Alvis (1981)
* Coventry Climax (1982)
* Amersham International (1982)
* Associated British Ports (1983, 1984)
* Sealink (1984)
* Jaguar (1984)
* Trustee Savings Bank (1985)
* British Airways Helicopters (1986)
* British Gas (1986)
* Rolls-Royce (1987)
* Royal Ordnance (1987)
* British Airports Authority (1987)
* Danish Automobile Building (1987)
* ISTEL (1987)
* Leyland Bus (1987)
* British Airways (1987)
* British Leyland
* Leyland Tractors (1982)
* Leyland Trucks (1987)
* Rover Group (1988)
* Unipart (1987)
* British Rail Engineering Limited (1989)
* British Shipbuilders (1985-1989, shipbuilder companies sold individually)
* British Steel plc (1988)
* British Sugar (1981)
* British Telecom (1984, 1991, 1993)
* British Transport Hotels (1983)
* Britoil (1982, 1985)
* Cable and Wireless (1981, 1983, 1985)
* Council houses (1980–present, over two million sold to their tenants)
* Enterprise Oil (1984)
* Fairey (1980)
* Ferranti (1982)
* Harland and Wolff (1989)
* Inmos (1984)
* Municipal bus companies (1988–present, bus companies sold individually)
* National Bus Company (1986 - 1988, bus companies sold individually)
* National Express (1988)
* National Freight Corporation (1982)
* Passenger transport executive bus companies (1988 - 1994, bus companies sold individually)
* Travellers Fare (1988)
* Vale of Rheidol Railway (1989)
* Water companies -
* Anglian Water (1989)
* North West Water (1989)
* Northumbrian Water (1989)
* Severn Trent (1989)
* South West Water (1989)
* Southern Water (1989)
* Thames Water (1989)
* Welsh Water (1989)
* Wessex Water (1989)
* Yorkshire Water (1989)
* AEA Technology (1996)
* Belfast International Airport (1994)
* Birmingham Airport (1993 - 51%)
* Bournemouth Airport (1995)
* British Coal (1994)
* British Energy (1996)
* British Rail
* 3 rolling stock companies:
* Angel Trains (1996)
* Eversholt Leasing (1996)
* Porterbrook (1996)
* 6 design office units (1995-1997, sold individually)
* 6 freight operating companies
* Freightliner (1995)
* Loadhaul (1996)
* Mainline Freight (1996)
* Rail Express Systems (1996)
* Transrail Freight (1996)
* 6 track renewal units (1995 - 1997, sold individually)
* 7 infrastructure maintenance units (1995 - 1997, sold individually)
* 25 train operating companies (1996, operations contracted out as franchises)
* British Rail Research (1996)
* British Rail Telecommunications (1995)
* European Passenger Services (1996)
* Railtrack (1996)
* Red Star Parcels (1995)
* Union Railways (1996)
* British Technology Group (1992)
* Building Research Establishment (1997)
* Cardiff Airport (1995)
* Central Electricity Generating Board
* National Grid (1990)
* National Power (1991, 1995)
* Powergen (1991, 1995)
* Chessington Computer Centre (1996)
* East Midlands Airport (1993)
* Girobank (1990)
* Laboratory of the Government Chemist (1996)
* Liverpool Airport (1990)
* London Buses (1994, bus companies sold individually)
* London Southend Airport (1993)
* National Engineering Laboratory (1995)
* National Transcommunications Limited (1990)
* Natural Resources Institute (1996)
* Northern Ireland Electricity (1993)
* Property Services Agency (1994)
Regional electricity companies
* East Midlands Electricity (1990)
* Eastern Electricity (1990)
* London Electricity (1990)
* MANWEB (1990)
* Midlands Electricity (1990)
* Northern Electric (1990)
* NORWEB (1990)
* SEEBOARD (1990)
* Southern Electric (1990)
* SWALEC (1990)
* SWEB Energy (1990)
* Yorkshire Electricity (1990)
* Scottish Bus Group (1991, bus companies sold * * individually)
* Scottish Hydro-Electric (1991)
* Scottish Power (1991)
* Severn Bridge (1992)
* Trust Ports (1992–1997, ports sold individually)
* BBC Magazines (2011)
* Behavioural Insights Team (2014 - 67%)
* Bio Products Laboratory (2013 - 80%)
* Constructionline (2015)
* Defence Support Group (2015)
* Dr Foster Intelligence (2015)
* East Coast Trains (2015)
* Eurostar International Limited (2015 - 40%)
* Fire Service College (2013)
* Food and Environment Research Agency (2015 - 75%)
* Government Pipelines and Storage System (2015)
* Lloyds Banking Group (2013, 2014, 2015)
* Manchester Airports Group (2013 - 35%)
* NEC Group (2015)
* Northern Rock (2012)
* Remploy (2012, 2013, 2015, factory businesses sold individually)
* Royal Bank of Scotland Group (2015)
* Royal Mail (2013, 2015)
* The Tote (2011)
* Student loans portfolios (2013)
Why, it would be as ridiculous as suggesting that they'd sell
* British Petroleum (1979, 1981, 1987)
* International Computers Limited (1979)
* Lunn Poly (1971)
* Rolls-Royce Motors (1973)
* State Management Scheme (1973)
* Thomas Cook (1972)
* British Aerospace (1981, 1985)
* Alvis (1981)
* Coventry Climax (1982)
* Amersham International (1982)
* Associated British Ports (1983, 1984)
* Sealink (1984)
* Jaguar (1984)
* Trustee Savings Bank (1985)
* British Airways Helicopters (1986)
* British Gas (1986)
* Rolls-Royce (1987)
* Royal Ordnance (1987)
* British Airports Authority (1987)
* Danish Automobile Building (1987)
* ISTEL (1987)
* Leyland Bus (1987)
* British Airways (1987)
* British Leyland
* Leyland Tractors (1982)
* Leyland Trucks (1987)
* Rover Group (1988)
* Unipart (1987)
* British Rail Engineering Limited (1989)
* British Shipbuilders (1985-1989, shipbuilder companies sold individually)
* British Steel plc (1988)
* British Sugar (1981)
* British Telecom (1984, 1991, 1993)
* British Transport Hotels (1983)
* Britoil (1982, 1985)
* Cable and Wireless (1981, 1983, 1985)
* Council houses (1980–present, over two million sold to their tenants)
* Enterprise Oil (1984)
* Fairey (1980)
* Ferranti (1982)
* Harland and Wolff (1989)
* Inmos (1984)
* Municipal bus companies (1988–present, bus companies sold individually)
* National Bus Company (1986 - 1988, bus companies sold individually)
* National Express (1988)
* National Freight Corporation (1982)
* Passenger transport executive bus companies (1988 - 1994, bus companies sold individually)
* Travellers Fare (1988)
* Vale of Rheidol Railway (1989)
* Water companies -
* Anglian Water (1989)
* North West Water (1989)
* Northumbrian Water (1989)
* Severn Trent (1989)
* South West Water (1989)
* Southern Water (1989)
* Thames Water (1989)
* Welsh Water (1989)
* Wessex Water (1989)
* Yorkshire Water (1989)
* AEA Technology (1996)
* Belfast International Airport (1994)
* Birmingham Airport (1993 - 51%)
* Bournemouth Airport (1995)
* British Coal (1994)
* British Energy (1996)
* British Rail
* 3 rolling stock companies:
* Angel Trains (1996)
* Eversholt Leasing (1996)
* Porterbrook (1996)
* 6 design office units (1995-1997, sold individually)
* 6 freight operating companies
* Freightliner (1995)
* Loadhaul (1996)
* Mainline Freight (1996)
* Rail Express Systems (1996)
* Transrail Freight (1996)
* 6 track renewal units (1995 - 1997, sold individually)
* 7 infrastructure maintenance units (1995 - 1997, sold individually)
* 25 train operating companies (1996, operations contracted out as franchises)
* British Rail Research (1996)
* British Rail Telecommunications (1995)
* European Passenger Services (1996)
* Railtrack (1996)
* Red Star Parcels (1995)
* Union Railways (1996)
* British Technology Group (1992)
* Building Research Establishment (1997)
* Cardiff Airport (1995)
* Central Electricity Generating Board
* National Grid (1990)
* National Power (1991, 1995)
* Powergen (1991, 1995)
* Chessington Computer Centre (1996)
* East Midlands Airport (1993)
* Girobank (1990)
* Laboratory of the Government Chemist (1996)
* Liverpool Airport (1990)
* London Buses (1994, bus companies sold individually)
* London Southend Airport (1993)
* National Engineering Laboratory (1995)
* National Transcommunications Limited (1990)
* Natural Resources Institute (1996)
* Northern Ireland Electricity (1993)
* Property Services Agency (1994)
Regional electricity companies
* East Midlands Electricity (1990)
* Eastern Electricity (1990)
* London Electricity (1990)
* MANWEB (1990)
* Midlands Electricity (1990)
* Northern Electric (1990)
* NORWEB (1990)
* SEEBOARD (1990)
* Southern Electric (1990)
* SWALEC (1990)
* SWEB Energy (1990)
* Yorkshire Electricity (1990)
* Scottish Bus Group (1991, bus companies sold * * individually)
* Scottish Hydro-Electric (1991)
* Scottish Power (1991)
* Severn Bridge (1992)
* Trust Ports (1992–1997, ports sold individually)
* BBC Magazines (2011)
* Behavioural Insights Team (2014 - 67%)
* Bio Products Laboratory (2013 - 80%)
* Constructionline (2015)
* Defence Support Group (2015)
* Dr Foster Intelligence (2015)
* East Coast Trains (2015)
* Eurostar International Limited (2015 - 40%)
* Fire Service College (2013)
* Food and Environment Research Agency (2015 - 75%)
* Government Pipelines and Storage System (2015)
* Lloyds Banking Group (2013, 2014, 2015)
* Manchester Airports Group (2013 - 35%)
* NEC Group (2015)
* Northern Rock (2012)
* Remploy (2012, 2013, 2015, factory businesses sold individually)
* Royal Bank of Scotland Group (2015)
* Royal Mail (2013, 2015)
* The Tote (2011)
* Student loans portfolios (2013)
Incorrect.
You have never proven that austerity in the UK was caused, not by the Tory party but by the EU.
Its time you accepted you are wrong.
You are tiresome, conflating pointing the truth with being miserable.
You can understand perfectly well that brexit wont yield any benefits, you just cant accept it.
Truth makes Dum miserable.
D
durhamplumber
You are freekin depressing.miserable.moaning minnie whine whine whine about the future.
D
durhamplumber
Pity you have no idea of it(truth)
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durhamplumber
Talkin sht as usual...cannot wait for Boris to win with outright majority
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durhamplumber
You have never proved , debunked given ANY facts . Just waffle..you place a negative miserable running down of the UK prospects in every post you place..everyone bloody one full of depressing crap about the future of the UK..And all you are preying for is failure to blame on brexit
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