The Fish 9248 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 There's a petition to fight it and I hope you'll sign up. bit.ly/1aHVDPl CT, here's where you tell us how brilliant this will be and how we should all back Dave and his brilliant idea that'll somehow make this service better for the UK despite it costing 60p to get a letter to anywhere in the UK the following day. Whomever buys the Royal Mail will sharp ruin that. I can't think of a single utility that has been improved by privatisation and yet it looks like the Tories are relentless on their "make it someone else's problem" parade, while ignoring the money that could be made if they got their mates to pay their taxes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35639 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Aye I am so fucking sick of these cunts. The alternative is at best a marginal improvement as well. The whole thing is a complete stitch-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9248 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 East Coast and TfL are the only train services turning a profit and guess what? Still Publicly owned. TfL are actually doing so well they're buying Greater Anglia (Hertfordshire rail service) and want to do the same for all the franchises operating in and out of London. But aye, lets privatise the Royal Mail and soon as they can they'll dump the BBC as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 It was a great idea when Gordon Brown tried to get it through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 If privatising the royal mail will stop the post man from leaving parcels in my wheelie bin then I'm all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4017 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 (edited) East Coast and TfL are the only train services turning a profit and guess what? Still Publicly owned. TfL are actually doing so well they're buying Greater Anglia (Hertfordshire rail service) and want to do the same for all the franchises operating in and out of London. But aye, lets privatise the Royal Mail and soon as they can they'll dump the BBC as well. Wish they'd let them have the Essex branch of Greater Anglia - all the latest cunts have done is hire more ticket inspectors - THERES BARRIERS AT BOTH ENDS OF THE JOURNEY YOU FUCKING MORONS. (Sorry major bug bear of mine) Edited July 10, 2013 by NJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9248 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 It was a great idea when Gordon Brown tried to get it through No, no it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6453 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Invest in stamps, this is a disastrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9248 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Invest in stamps, this is a disastrous. 1st thing I'd do as the new dickhead owner of Royal Mail? render original stamps irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26853 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Despite the collective indignation, has anyone applied for shares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 East Coast and TfL are the only train services turning a profit and guess what? Still Publicly owned. TfL are actually doing so well they're buying Greater Anglia (Hertfordshire rail service) and want to do the same for all the franchises operating in and out of London. But aye, lets privatise the Royal Mail and soon as they can they'll dump the BBC as well. Aren't TfL given about £7b in subsidies by the government every year, which they recognise as revenue? That would account for the profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Despite the collective indignation, has anyone applied for shares? Would have probably gone for some, but funds are being ploughed in to bathrooms and new windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9248 Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Aren't TfL given about £7b in subsidies by the government every year, which they recognise as revenue? That would account for the profit. It may, but if it were privately run, wouyld it receive less subsidy? I doubt it. I can only think of one industry where the customer has benefited from privatisation more than have the politicians with their fingers in the pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26853 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 FFS, I'm getting £750 worth of shares, what good is that to anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6453 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 FFS, I'm getting £750 worth of shares, what good is that to anyone? Good for making a quick £150 which you can offset against the increase in postage prices over the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26853 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Not quite the quick buck that I was hoping was going to pay for my summer holiday though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 been playing super tory boy for over an hour and cant get past 1000000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27621 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Good news at last for the Posties and the general public who did not buy shares! They might end up worse off in the long run but at least ewerk and desmondtutu get a little backhander. Long live privatisation! Pictured; Man, who may or may not be known as CT receiving confirmation he's been successful in his bid to buy Royal Mail shares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26853 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Is there something wrong with making money out of a process that is already happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Good news at last for the Posties and the general public who did not buy shares! They might end up worse off in the long run but at least ewerk and desmondtutu get a little backhander. Long live privatisation! Pictured; Man, who may or may not be known as CT receiving confirmation he's been successful in his bid to buy Royal Mail shares. its capital tutu. desmondTUTU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14927 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Is there something wrong with making money out of a process that is already happening? No and lets face it, you'll need your windfall to pay your increased energy bill this winter. Good old privitisation; keep a minute number of shareholders happy by holding the country in general to ransom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26853 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 The energy prices that are less than in most European countries? And the big bad energy suppliers who make a massive £65 a year off your bill? Aye, that sounds like a raw deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26853 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I never said that all privatisation was good, what I'm saying is that it isn't all necessarily bad. The argument for privatising Royal Mail isn't totally convincing fwiw, I was just trying to make a few quid out of it, as has nearly every postie employed by them. If it's going to happen anyway then there's nothing wrong with making the best of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14927 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 The energy prices that are less than in most European countries? And the big bad energy suppliers who make a massive £65 a year off your bill? Aye, that sounds like a raw deal. You sound like CT now Am afraid I cant swallow what they feed me tbh. All smoke and mirrors. £1.5billion in pre tax profits makes for very happy shareholders I understand the infrastructure needs constant upgrading, and this is how the Thatcher government decided how it would be paid for. It didnt mention that bills would go through the roof to do it or that the service provided would be arguably poorer. As has been pointed out earlier in the thread, the royal mail will go the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4017 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 More candidates for the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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