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Old 12-10-2013, 08:26   #143
GEaston
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Post Office Sell Off - Welcome To Tory Britain

The price has gone up because the business can now be actually run as a business and not just as a loss making community service. I am pleased the nations debt is not going to rise, and the fact that billions can be recovered in the process is a win win.

Royal Mail now stands a chance as a business, time will tell if it makes something of the opportunity it now has. My hope is the government sells it's remaining 30% stake.

The concept of loss of Britishness is such nonsense. There are loads if examples of successful British businesses, like Intercontinental Hotels or Diagio.

Most people in the world think Guiness is an Irish drink, but it isn't, it's British owned. People also think Smirnoff is Russian, but it too is British. Have Ireland and Russia lost their identity? No, not at all, they were just acquired by the largest spirits manufacturer in the world (Diageo), which happens to be British !

4 of the top 15 drinks brands in the world are British (Johnny Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Crown Royal). So raise a British glass to the Royal Mail freed from the shackles of the state. Good luck to them.
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