Quite right. Whilst there are probably some pragmatic Conservatives, the general ideology of the Conservatives is that publicly-run services are poorly run and

Quite right. Whilst there are probably some pragmatic Conservatives, the general ideology of the Conservatives is that publicly-run services are poorly run and should be privatised, even when it's clear that they're effectively run. To give another example, look at what has been happening with the Land Registry recently, there has been talk of privatising the functions that the Land Registry performs, even though the Land Registry is a profitable institution that makes money for the government. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/land-registry-privatisation-government-brexit-chaos-a7115461.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/land-registry... To be fair, New Labour also overused PFI to fund hospitals (PFI expanded under New Labour), so it's not completely one sided.