Recent content by andrewb

BT have been laying plenty of fibre optic cables. They're spending £2.5 billion on it.

You've got to be kidding me. You would not be able to do that today if it was still nationalised. Choose a phone company that doesn't have overseas call centres if that's your gripe. That's the beauty, you have the choice.

Yes there are problems. The privatisations that happened haven't turned into some utopian system that can do no wrong. It is better than the old system though. Do you honestly trust politicians to not rake it in and funnel the proceeds into their next pet project. There's no point in private...

Privatisation wasn't just a "bit of political dogma". It lead to competition which benefited the consumer, replacing inefficient state monopolies and taking the taxpayer off the hook. Take the telephone market. Could you imagine only having the choice of BT? There'd be no reason for them to...

No need to imagine. The Government borrowed £8bn the last July Labour were in office. Public Sector Finances, July 2009

Very sad news. Rest in peace.

Sorry to hear that Ken is unwell. I've never heard anyone say a bad word about him. Was clearly very well respected before and after being Hyndburn's MP.

Graham's comments are ridiculous. It's the politics of class warfare and his distain for the better off appears to blind his ability to understand rural poverty. His argument is pretty baseless. He's helpfully ignored that the private sector will match fund this project to the tune of £30m...

The People's Pledge are an organisation setting up referenda across the country asking if people want an in/out referendum. They've been mentioned here before and quite a few of us have signed up. They ran their first campaign in Thurrock where over 14,000 people voted and 90% voted in favour of...

I think what I think, whether it be in line with a political party or not. I aint financed by anyone.

Do you realise you're going to look a bit silly when come the next election the NHS is still here; free at the point of use, based on need, not ability to pay?

There's a campaign called People's Pledge running local referendums asking people if they want an in/out referendum on the EU. They are designed to highlight just how important the issue is to people and to pressure the MP or candidates into backing the Pledge to support an in/out referendum...

Willing to bet it won't. The polls haven't even closed yet.

Maine is a caucus state which conducts straw polls at the various meeting locations around the state. There is no electronic voting. I've seen the image you posted without the clock covering the numbers of votes. If those numbers were true, turnout would be more than double the 2008 Maine...

A more effective way is to refuse to vote for any MP or candidate that isn't in favour of a referendum. They'll soon change their tune if enough people speak up.