Cummings Goooooooonnnnneeeeee

[Bimbowomxn]

Who the fuck would want to own the NHS ? It’s hat stand crazy.

[Glaston]

Well we will at least now know what the fuck he has on Boris.

Conservatism is all about selling off everything the country ......

It's not, but certainly Thatcherism has evolved into that.

Under Thatcher the following were privatised - British Aerospace, Cable & Wireless, Jaguar, British Telecom, Britoil and British Gas. Major moved on to British Steel, British Petroleum, Rolls Royce, British Airways, water and electricity were among the major utilities for sale, it s argued that opposition to these sell-offs were the reason Major didn't move on the NHS. Major's second term saw the sell off of British Coal, Powergen, National Power and British Rail.

The moves to privatise the Post Office were abandoned at that time.

The legacy continued under New Labour with the sell-off of Air Traffic Control and massive PFI contracts in the NHS and schools.

Royal Mail was eventually sold off during a Tory administration, along with several banks, the probation services and we are seeing a creep of privatisation in the NHS.

Private ownership, the supremacy of the market and individualism were at the very heart of Thatcherism from the start, she and her followers were Hayekian from the off.

Dennis Healey started the sell off of BP

[Bimbowomxn]

Does anyone really believe that the state which is demonstrably shite would be able to run most of those business in a more efficient way they’re currently run.


Fuck me memories are short.

[Tichtheid]

Dennis Healey started the sell off of BP

The country owned a 68% stake in BP when Healey proposed selling off a slice of it.

[Bimbowomxn]

Dennis Healey started the sell off of BP

The country owned a 68% stake in BP when Healey proposed selling off a slice of it.

So Glaston was completely correct.

[Tichtheid]

Dennis Healey started the sell off of BP

The country owned a 68% stake in BP when Healey proposed selling off a slice of it.

So Glaston was completely correct.

Not really no, Healey had previously used the BofE to buy BP's shares in Burmah Oil Company in order to bail that company out.
This raised the country's ownership of BP shares from 48% to 68%, when these Burmah Oil Company shares were sold if left the state with 51% ownership of BP, a controlling interest.

The action increased the state interest in BP.

Link to Hansard entry on this https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hans ... -bp-shares

[Bimbowomxn]

when Healey proposed selling off a slice of it.

Burmah Oil Company shares were sold if left the state

[eldanielfire]

Well we will at least now know what the fuck he has on Boris.

Conservatism is all about selling off everything the country ......

It's not, but certainly Thatcherism has evolved into that.

Under Thatcher the following were privatised - British Aerospace, Cable & Wireless, Jaguar, British Telecom, Britoil and British Gas. Major moved on to British Steel, British Petroleum, Rolls Royce, British Airways, water and electricity were among the major utilities for sale, it s argued that opposition to these sell-offs were the reason Major didn't move on the NHS. Major's second term saw the sell off of British Coal, Powergen, National Power and British Rail.

The moves to privatise the Post Office were abandoned at that time.

The legacy continued under New Labour with the sell-off of Air Traffic Control and massive PFI contracts in the NHS and schools.

Royal Mail was eventually sold off during a Tory administration, along with several banks, the probation services and we are seeing a creep of privatisation in the NHS.

Private ownership, the supremacy of the market and individualism were at the very heart of Thatcherism from the start, she and her followers were Hayekian from the off.

Semitics. We agree but it's clearly been cranked up since.

[yermum]

Semitics. We agree but it's clearly been cranked up since.

Nigel Lawson was jewish alright. But I'm not sure you can go full brownshirt on this one...

[Sandstorm]

Semitics. We agree but it's clearly been cranked up since.

Nigel Lawson was jewish alright. But I'm not sure you can go full brownshirt on this one...

[Glaston]

The semantics of the BP sale . LOL

Its transfer to full public ownership happened in 4 tranches.
One via Healey, the rest under the Chancellorships of Howe and Lawson. Final sale was in 87.
I think GoldmanSachs had a hand in all the sales .


My grandfather bought some of those BP shares Healey sold.
Family sold them this summer.

Britoil was my first ever share purchase, eventually made money out of it in the end


Some of that list of privatisations , were of companies that had been fairly recently nationalised

Britoil was a Tony Benn project
Cable and Wireless was Nationalised in 1947
Jaguar was Nationalised in mid 70's I think.
BAE was formed in mid 70's via Nationalisation

A number of small water boards were already in private ownershipp

[MoreOrLess]

Well we will at least now know what the fuck he has on Boris.

Conservatism is all about selling off everything the country ......

It's not, but certainly Thatcherism has evolved into that.

Under Thatcher the following were privatised - British Aerospace, Cable & Wireless, Jaguar, British Telecom, Britoil and British Gas. Major moved on to British Steel, British Petroleum, Rolls Royce, British Airways, water and electricity were among the major utilities for sale, it s argued that opposition to these sell-offs were the reason Major didn't move on the NHS. Major's second term saw the sell off of British Coal, Powergen, National Power and British Rail.

The moves to privatise the Post Office were abandoned at that time.

The legacy continued under New Labour with the sell-off of Air Traffic Control and massive PFI contracts in the NHS and schools.

Royal Mail was eventually sold off during a Tory administration, along with several banks, the probation services and we are seeing a creep of privatisation in the NHS.

Private ownership, the supremacy of the market and individualism were at the very heart of Thatcherism from the start, she and her followers were Hayekian from the off.

She even privatised houses with that bloody Right to Buy

[Rhubarb & Custard]

She even privatised houses with that bloody Right to Buy

I can live happily with the Right to Buy, though not maintaining social housing was stupid, and now sees the state paying stupid money for private housing so it's not even working in the round. And the right to buy is probably still the biggest, by value, ongoing fraud and nobody seems to care about it, perhaps they've addressed some problems but I've not heard anything about that, though as nobody seems to care we typically hear nothing about anything on this subject.

[Bimbowomxn]

She even privatised houses with that bloody Right to Buy

And did more for social mobility in one policy than had ever been achieved before.

[Rhubarb & Custard]

She even privatised houses with that bloody Right to Buy

And did more for social mobility in one policy than had ever been achieved before.

More than any educational policy or health policy is an interesting take, but taking perhaps the point then yes, but whilst it's a fair comment for those who've benefited it can also be used for those who've been screwed by the policy.

[Insane_Homer]

[Bimbowomxn]

She even privatised houses with that bloody Right to Buy

And did more for social mobility in one policy than had ever been achieved before.

More than any educational policy or health policy is an interesting take, but taking perhaps the point then yes, but whilst it's a fair comment for those who've benefited it can also be used for those who've been screwed by the policy.

Educational policy ? The dismissal of grammar schools has been the worst thing for social mobility policy wise.

[eldanielfire]

And did more for social mobility in one policy than had ever been achieved before.

More than any educational policy or health policy is an interesting take, but taking perhaps the point then yes, but whilst it's a fair comment for those who've benefited it can also be used for those who've been screwed by the policy.

Educational policy ? The dismissal of grammar schools has been the worst thing for social mobility policy wise.

Really? Why then doesn't Kent have grammar schools still and et little social mobility? They after all have far fewer kids on free school meals than the rest of the country. Also countries with no Grammar schools have much higher social mobility as well.

Perhaps it points to a lack of social mobility being due to other factors.

[Rhubarb & Custard]

The big problem with social mobility now is so much has already happened, so what's available now in terms of progress is likely to be a much lower return

[Hal Jordan]

Cummings is still in the heart of things, after the NAO report this morning he seems exactly the right person to oversee the £100bn allocated to Project Moon Shot. Same as when Cameron forced him out he popped up no time later in another role for Gove, who is just an awful human being on every level.

[SaintK]

Cummings is still in the heart of things, after the NAO report this morning he seems exactly the right person to oversee the £100bn allocated to Project Moon Shot. Same as when Cameron forced him out he popped up no time later in another role for Gove, who is just an awful human being on every level.

De Facto Prime Minister with the blonde cunt going AWOL on decision making so often

[Bimbowomxn]

Cummings is still in the heart of things, after the NAO report this morning he seems exactly the right person to oversee the £100bn allocated to Project Moon Shot. Same as when Cameron forced him out he popped up no time later in another role for Gove, who is just an awful human being on every level.

De Facto Prime Minister with the blonde cunt going AWOL on decision making so often

The point about Cummings still being at the heart of things is not what any commentator with contacts in no10 is writing.

I agree he was always Goves man. Gove will attempt a coup.

Carrie is in charge for now.