Why would the nationalisation of Thames Water end up putting its debt on the public books? If a company goes bust, and the govt buys the remains, surely the investors simply lose their investment and the debt falls to zero?
They want water companies to operate as profit makers, so they should accept when they go bust too.
UK postal voting:
I applied for a postal vote, since I was away for the recent local elections and forgot until too late.
Seems easy to do and can either cover you for specific elections or for three years.
You have to apply at least 11 working days in advance, and will need to photograph your signature to upload. https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote #UKPol
I'm old enough to remember #Zionists getting Jeremy Corbyn removed as leader of UK Labour for daring to call out Israel's #WarCrimes I guess #Israel won't have to worry about #Starmer getting in the way of their #genocide if he becomes the next #UK PM. #UKPol
People are all about fact-checking their information until they see a 'poll' that has their favoured party ahead from Johnny's Polling & Wings Shack. Instant share
The problem with the Green Party is that they're either lying about how green they are, or they are a death cult. To get reliable power without burning dinosaurs and without an unprecedentedly fast and large roll-out of tidal power requires nukes. As they are against nukes, they must want a huge drop in living standards, and the associated deaths. Sorry, I can't find anything to joke about with the Greens. #ukpol
I know the Brits aren't very enthused by the idea of #nationalservice, but as an American I've always admired countries with the maturity and wherewithal to implement it. We couldn't even dip our toes into universal health care (ACA) without sparking a national anti-government rebellion.
National Service is a rushed, ill-thought plan that doesn’t take into account 18 year olds in eduction or full time work. £2.5bn a year when you couldn’t pay the doctors a fair wage and use of the term “volunteering” when it’s mandatory is just insulting #UKPol
From now until the #election, I'm playing the Benny Hill theme tune at full volume and adopting a Kenneth Williams "oooh matron" voice, because it's now the only way to keep a grip on #reality
I would like to meet the person who advised Sunak that National Service would be a policy to win an election.
Quite apart from being a bad idea on many levels, I'm amazed at its stupidity as an election policy. #ukpol#ukpolitics
After a late night wine and politics session with my grandson and his partner, Sunak's seemingly crazy policy announcements suddenly make sense.
He is not trying to defeat Labour. He's trying to defeat Reform. In the light of that, National Service makes sense. Labour may trounce the Tories, but Reform could completely destroy them. Ergo, try to take the wind from Reform, everyone else has already left the room. #ukpol#ukpolitics
Maybe we should have National Service for older voters too? Those approaching, or just past, retirement age. I wonder if that group of voters would eagerly support “compulsory volunteering” if it involved them too?