Rishi Sunak to announce UK General Election on July 4th?

I'm old enough to remember a socialist Labour Government. Then things became 'New Labour' under Blair.... basically diluted version of centrist Conservatism I guess you'd call it.
Most younger people who voted haven't lived through a Socialist Labour party in governance.
So, here we have Starmer who has 'identified himself' as a Socialist Labour'. They are going to re-nationalise the railways and bus services and that's just for starters, and the 'young 'uns' think this is a great idea!
Oh boy oh boy!
Rainbows
Jane

a reply to: angelchemuel

Re-nationalizing the railways might not be the worst of notions.

Considering it all seemed to start sliding downhill once they were privatised.

British Rail was recorded as being 40% more efficient than eight comparable rail systems in Europe used as benchmarks in 1989. It was however underfunded. Since privatisation, the government is spending around three times more on the railway.

Buses and trains to start then they can nationalise water cos. Once that is sorted out ought to look at energy.

a reply to: SprocketUK

Some water companies are speculated to lose 40% of their product before it reaches the tap.

Which is quite frankly pathetic.

To address the serious concerns they will be required to shell out billions regarding infrastructure and new pipes.

a reply to: andy06shake
Yeah thats how it usually goes, the private co runs it into the ground then its nationalised cos they never spent any money on infrastructure...

a reply to: SprocketUK

I was opposed to nationalisation back in the day. I didn't think British Rail could get any worse after privatisation, but our trains have got much worse.

Now, it looks like a good idea.

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

No-one has ever been able to explain to me exactly why a Mixed Market Economy is so bad?

a reply to: Freeborn

You would actually think it represents a middle ground between the two extremes.