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Originally Posted by GEaston
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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It's worked so well for the energy 'businesses' who are currently (pun intended) in the process of screwing us for even more money to put into the back pockets of investors, whilst threatening the possibility of blackouts in the winter through lack of investment. Foreign investment wins, British public freeze and sit in the dark. But hey, as long as it's run as a business who cares how many pensioners have to sit in their homes wondering whether to risk having a hot meal which costs more in fuel to make than it does to buy the ingredients.
It's worked so well for the train 'businesses' who can't run trains because of the wrong type of snow, have outdated rolling stock, constant delays and have so many variations on pricing for a Preston/London return that you need a degree in economics to find the best price. Foreign investment cream the money, British public left freezing their nuts off on a draughty station waiting for the inevitably delayed train. But hey, as long as it's run like a business who cares that unprofitable routes are cut leaving some people without the option of public transport
Guinness is an Irish drink, Vodka is a Russian drink (Smirnoff is a brand name), just like Tea is an English drink (don't see many plantations up the coppice). I fail to see the relevance of this argument other than you attempting to show you know things that 'most people in the world' do not.