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Lawyer here.[0] Definitely possible.[1] [0] not a lawyer [1] what does “nationalise” even mean?
by saaaaaam 2mo ago
Lawyer here.[0] Definitely possible.[1]
[0] not a lawyer
[1] what does “nationalise” even mean?
- FabCH 2mo agoTypically, the government takes over a company. The shareholders or owners may or may not receive compensation. Presumably a normal(?) interpretation would be that the British government uses whatever eminent domain law it has and it takes over Adels copyright on all her songs and gives her whatever the fair market value of the catalog is. But because this is a joke candidate, could be anything.
- saaaaaam 2mo agoYes, exactly, yes.
- d4ng 2mo agoTake into public ownership.
- saaaaaam 2mo agoWhat does “take into public ownership” even mean? Etc.
- philistine 2mo agoEvery Briton is entitled to one lunch with Adele.
- card_zero 2mo agoIf we project her lifespan as 50 more years and assume the UK population stays stable at 70 millions, that works out at 3835 and a half lunches per day.
- tomashubelbauer 2mo agoI seriously doubt as a public servant she'd be a beacon of efficiency so I don't think she'll do more than 2k a day if this happens.
- saaaaaam 2mo agoMaybe she skips the main on every other lunch?
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- saaaaaam 2mo agoThe most lunches I’ve ever eaten in a day was 7.
- M95D 2mo agoWhat's the biggest restaurant in UK? How many people can have lunch with Adele at the same time?
- saaaaaam 2mo agoYou’re paying…
- rsynnott 2mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosioi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosioi , presumably.
- saaaaaam 2mo agoΔημόσιοι υπάλληλοι
- red_admiral 2mo agoA joke on the goverment nationalising the railways and the debate around whether we should nationalise water companies.
- saaaaaam 2mo agoCan water even be nationalised? Do you own the rain that falls on my roof? Can you charge me money if I use it to water my garden?
- rsynnott 2mo agoGenerally water nationalisation means nationalising the companies which supply water to homes and businesses. Not, er, literally nationalising water as in the substance.
- ndsipa_pomu 2mo agoWater companies used to be publicly owned until Thatcher privatised them. Unfortunately, as they are a natural monopoly (you cannot choose which company to supply your water services apart from moving to a different part of the country), the companies have basically been extracting as much money as possible from the public and not investing in the infrastructure. This has led to ridiculous bills for water and disastrous performance in terms of not pouring sewage into waterways. The classic example is Thames Water which is now saddled with incredible debts and is asking for yet more money to invest in infrastructure (which they didn't do all the other times they asked for more money).