It's not an advantage of being in the private sector at all. If the TOCs weren't being regulated they'd cut as much if not more than the public sector while jac

It's not an advantage of being in the private sector at all. If the TOCs weren't being regulated they'd cut as much if not more than the public sector while jacking up prices at the same time. This is pretty much what happened during the Californian electricity crisis (brownouts!). It's not hard to argue for more spending to the public. The public want that. It's hard because the political system is rigged against politicians who do so (for an example see all of the dirty tricks campaigns levied against Corbyn).