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The real issue here is that privatisation was and is a political football instead of a practical policy. Should the government run coal mines at a loss which h
by LatteLazy 3y ago
The real issue here is that privatisation was and is a political football instead of a practical policy.
Should the government run coal mines at a loss which have no strategic value just to keep jobs? No.
Should the government run natural monopolies in strategic or socially important areas (like railways, water utilities, etc)? Yes.
But instead what started at privatising the former turned into an ideological push to privatise the later.
There is also the question of HOW these services should be run...
- mnd999 3y agoJust to keep jobs? No. To ensure resiliency of supply? maybe. Probably moot as this point though since we should be getting away from coal anyway.
- tialaramex 3y agoSure, Margaret Thatcher accidentally did us a favour by killing the coal unions. But just in case you thought "Good, no more coal" the Tories actually authorised a brand new coal mine not so long ago, because sure, it's a terrible idea but it will make somebody wealthy and as we see here, their priority is to make the wealthiest people even wealthier.
- mnd999 3y agoThe new coal mine is actually a green energy scheme. They plan to attach a dynamo to Maggies corpse - the expectation is it will be spinning pretty rapidly in her grave.