Date archive for July, 2009
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Welcome
Welcome to my website. I hope you like it and find it useful. My aim is to use this blog and the article archive to provide my perspective on national and international politics and, of course, London government issues.
If you’re looking for daily twists and turns from Parliament you may be disappointed (even when the House is sitting). This blog will cover Westminster matters but it won’t be dominated by them. I do aim to look at how British politics [...] -
Time to end the privatisation of profit and the nationalisation of loss
The temporary nationalisation of the east coast mainline rail service, following confirmation that National Express is walking away from the £1.4billion contract, is a further indication of just how much sections of the private sector are currently ripping off the taxpayer. Labour needs to act to prevent this continuous effort by the private sector to privatise profits and nationalise losses.
The London-to-Edinburgh route will be taken into public ownership at the end of this year. But the contract will be put [...]
