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  The utilities went down in price when they were privatised.
  
  Since then previous under investment while state owned in renovating Victorian sewers is being corrected.
  Previous state owned underinvestment in dealing with leaky pipes is being addressed ( too slow still in some places). Water companies have also had a whole raft of environmental requirements and costs imposed on them by the government and the EU all of which have to be passed on.
  Gas - global demand increased pushing up prices and a nationalised monopoly would still face those costs and would have to pass them on but the prices would be even higher due to inherent inefficiency.
  Rail fares - cleaner trains, better information, more modern trains, running better to time and previous state owned losses reduced.
  Petrol - I assume you refer to BP who were privatised and are just one of many oil companies, more tax on petrol, higher market prices due to demand and BP now a world leading company freed from the dead hand of government.
  
  etc... OK what about the NFC - the very first privatisation, the State owned loss making logistics company turned into a profitable world leader owned by its employees (including me at one time)
  Then BT - remember when phones were in any colour as long as it was black, you had to have a dial unless you paid more for a trim phone and what about 3 months waiting list for a phone.....
  
  Brian - face the facts. Governments and The State should have no role in owning any business, industry, service or enterprise. They are proven to be useless, costly and inefficient. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves.

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