It's hard to see the Tories holding any seat at all in current circumstances. They didn't hold a by-election from 1989 to 1997, remember - and even that one in 1989 was in unusual circumsta… (View Post)

Anyone who thinks nationalisation is the answer clearly doesn't use state schools or the NHS. (View Post)

New thread ... has just disappeared. Did anyone else spot it? Surely the shortest-lived thread ever. (View Post)

Also worth noting that nationalised companies will find it politically even more difficult to address the #1 issue leading to hosepipe bans, which is the need for more reservoirs. (View Post)

I recall hosepipe bans being quite common before privatisation too. It's certainly not obvious to me that the state would be any more efficient in managing water supply. (View Post)