Pssst. Wanna buy a nationalised industry?

#JustAsking

Just a quick question. In the style of Alf Garnet (YouTube “your darlin’ Harold”).

Ver Blessed Maggie, right? An’ ‘er bunch of yes-men, right? Tell me, ‘ow does this work? Vey’re the party of sound business finkin’, savin’ us all from the nasty unions an’ va free day week, right?

An’ vey’re the government, right? Representin’ an’ workin’ on behalf of the state, right?

So. Bearin’ all vat in mind:

Why sell off the profitable, earnin’ parts of va state-owned, vats us-owned, by va way, nationalised industries, an’ keep va bits wot ‘aint doin’ so good? Unless it’s helpin’ vere already rich mates get richer?

Prime example ‘ere. Va Post Office. Letters, posties, deliverin’ to all remote corners? Nevah gonna make a penny. But we keep ‘old of that. Telecomms? Va profitable arm of va Post Office? Payin’ for the loss leadin’ Royal Mail? Sell vat off. Our mates can make a killin’there.

#Just Tellin’

The whole selling off the family silver under Thatcher stinks. I know I’m inclined to look back with red mist rather than red tinted glasses, have a hatred of missed opportunities, and I realise that rather than growing old gracefully and heading towards the small ‘c’ right, I’m becoming more and more radical as the realisation bites that there’s no peaceful retirement for (talkin’ about) my (g-g-gen-gen-) generation, we’re going to have to work until we fall down dead paying for the (continued) errors of politicians and bankers (continued) greed.

How can a capitalist party sell off profitable state owned stuff and keep hold of the rubbish and then hold up the rubbish and say “see, state ownership don’t work”.

More to the point (and this is why I don’t vote): how stupid, gullible, dropped on your head at a young age, window-licking, slobbering, brain-damaged retard do you have to be to fall for that rubbish and re-elect people who are bending you over (forwards) and attacking your behind with a high-powered, petrol-engine, razor-edged dildo?

The business equivalent would be:

A business with seven offices. Five doing very well, thanks. Two failing. Which do you look to sell off? Yep. Keep the five, get rid of the two.

Look up the history. Kept the two. Sold off the five. Madness.

We’re still paying the price now, the big sell-off, the closure of the industry needed for a real recovery. Germany has a faster, more robust recovery than anyone else. They invested in modernising and making their heavy industry work.