Blue Til Death
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Has there ever been a more inept politician in world politics than, Diane Abbott?, I'm gutted they have shelved her until they lose the election, best advert to vote Tory there has ever been...!
General Election June 8th
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i raise you Michael Gove :)
Chippy_boy
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You confuse unlikeable with dim, I think.
Blue Til Death
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I agree, I can still respect a disagreeable get, but she is as thick as two short planks and does not even have the most basic grip on her brief...!
They will know the way around paying this too.
Clevers
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I think Jeremy Hunt beats Gove and Abbott.
Machiavelli
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That £350m will go into the NHS, but not before they give the NHS to their mates to run. Then they will throw shed loads of money at it.Well he has the intelligence of one. Also looks a little like one. At least the NHS would be in safe hands I suppose.
Too late?
Ah yes privatisation will sort out everything!
"I see no reason why fares should increase faster under the new system than they do under the present nationalised industry structure," Transport Secretary John MacGregor told the House of Commons in February 1993. "In many cases, they will be more flexible and will be reduced."
So two decades on, what has happened?
Since the last set of British Rail fares were published in June 1995, inflation measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI) has been 66%. Figures show a huge variation in fares since privatisation. A single from London to Manchester has gone up by 208%, up from £50 in 1995 to £154 today. That is more than three times the rate of inflation.
"I see no reason why fares should increase faster under the new system than they do under the present nationalised industry structure," Transport Secretary John MacGregor told the House of Commons in February 1993. "In many cases, they will be more flexible and will be reduced."
So two decades on, what has happened?
Since the last set of British Rail fares were published in June 1995, inflation measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI) has been 66%. Figures show a huge variation in fares since privatisation. A single from London to Manchester has gone up by 208%, up from £50 in 1995 to £154 today. That is more than three times the rate of inflation.
Households across the UK could save £250 each on their electricity, gas and water bills and train fares if the services were publicly financed.
- Private electricity, gas, water and rail companies pay out £12bn a year to investors and shareholders in interest and dividends.
- In total, cheaper government borrowing rates could save the UK public £6.5bn: £4.2bn on energy, £2bn on water and £352m on rail.
- Private electricity, gas, water and rail companies pay out £12bn a year to investors and shareholders in interest and dividends.
- In total, cheaper government borrowing rates could save the UK public £6.5bn: £4.2bn on energy, £2bn on water and £352m on rail.
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