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The Privatisation of utilities has certainly been a major boon to Government coffers...the French Government, that is.
You speak eloquently Barry, the language of the Anglo-centric-mindset so complained of by Governments across Europe. With your mantra, Public=BAD, Private=GOOD.
You'd far rather our Nation was indebted to the Banks and not profiting directly from any partnership with industry.
The Conservatives enter into Government with the sole purpose of beggaring our economy to the exclusive benefit of the new bean-counter-Barony. You talk of and cry-out for small-government when what you really want is NO Government and to have the affairs of the Globe ordered from some Swiss mountain-peak boardroom.
That New Labour was born out of a craving for a seat at this same table gave the Right pause for thought, it has also worked against your raison d'être. This drive towards less and lesser government has driven the population to the conclusion that they (we) are as of now without Government, and without a major Political Party with the least ambition to become a Government.
Government, you say, cannot/should not/dare not/may not/will not create jobs, but it sure can talk of Growth 'till the cows come home and lower taxes, for the very few, at a stroke.
No dog can obey two masters. It is high time the Government-Dog was brought to heel by the Electorate, for the benefit of the electorate.
"We've never had it...So, good!"
Little did we realise that the 'it' was Democracy.
