Nationalise, regulate or laissez-faire?

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jowwy

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Adam4868 said:
Can i be arsed with your knit picking....
"Houses and flats built for public or social housing use are built by or for local authorities and 2. known as council houses, though since the 1980s the role of 1. non-profit housing associations became more important and subsequently the term "social housing" became more widely used, as technically council housing only"
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1. Thats the key part........not councils.

2. And the other term COUNCIL HOUSES.......for housing pre 1980s. It was a lot easier to sell houses as councils compared to social landlords. Which is why the current regulations are changing to ALLOW social landlords to sell their stock in Right to Buy schemes

3. To be classed as Social Housing, you would need to be Registerd with The Social Housing Regulator. Which imparts a whle different rake of policy and procedure in the running, maintaining and purchase of housing.....also the rent was lower for social housing then for council housing, which is why some councils did stock transfers to become social landlords themselves or to Create a new Social Landlord.
 
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PK99 said:
That does not change the fact that NHS dentistry is not free.
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I'm not sure of your point ? NHS dentistry should be free,it's effectively been privatised.Even if your lucky enough to find one who'll take you on it's still going to cost you.You have seen the reports of people having to pull and fill their own teeth I'm guessing ?
But back to the point of privatising the energy company's it's been a disaster.So what your reasoning to not nationalising them ?
Once in public ownership whats to stop us setting the price. We can tax the most wealthy to cover the cost ? They should be run for the good of the people not for private profits.
 
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jowwy

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Adam4868 said:
There's barely a politician who's not got their mucky fingers in the profits...how much has been re invested by these private water companies since they were privatised ? Old clip but still relevant.

View: https://twitter.com/johnmcdonnellMP/status/1559860791934951424?t=3Ru5Mx36UXtaN6YwJhg3_w&s=19
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https://www.water.org.uk/news-item/...illion-investment-with-bills-kept-down-again/

According to this - 44 Billion over a 5yr plan between 2015 to 2020.....

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jowwy said:
https://www.water.org.uk/news-item/...illion-investment-with-bills-kept-down-again/

According to this - 44 Billion over a 5yr plan between 2015 to 2020.....

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Makes you wonder where it all went wrong then ? You know like pumping raw sewage onto beaches and into rivers ect....
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...-over-lack-of-new-reservoirs?CMP=share_btn_tw
The bosses of England’s water companies have been criticised for banking £58m in pay and benefits over the last five years. Since privatisation, shareholders have been paid £72bn in dividends. The cash has come from big debts, with companies having borrowed £56bn, and big bills, with prices having risen 40%.
 
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jowwy

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Adam4868 said:
Makes you wonder where it all went wrong then ? You know like pumping raw sewage onto beaches and into rivers ect....
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...-over-lack-of-new-reservoirs?CMP=share_btn_tw
The bosses of England’s water companies have been criticised for banking £58m in pay and benefits over the last five years. Since privatisation, shareholders have been paid £72bn in dividends. The cash has come from big debts, with companies having borrowed £56bn, and big bills, with prices having risen 40%.
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you never asked were it went wrong.....you asked how much the re-invested. So i told you.....now you want to change the goal posts to match your rhetoric.....

Why not quote the full context of what black was saying and not just snippets to suit you

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Your also only coming at this from an english perpective, rather than a UK one......but thats nothing new on here.
 
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View: https://twitter.com/Feargal_Sharkey/status/1559797229510164481?t=pSR_nBHf-JXYxozjJh2e2g&s=19


Yea I know "English water industry" before you p1ss your pants @jowwy 🙄
 
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