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Originally Posted by pip08456
Hmmm, for some reason I can't recall any water shortages in the Greater London area pre-privatisation.
Oh wait a minute, I forgot following many reservoir closures on privatisation Thames Water came up with a brilliant plan of recycling.
As regards those aging Victorian sewers what a cash cow that is turning out to be for Thames Water. |
I didn't say there were water shortages pre privatisation, well there were in 1976 but that was extreme. Neither did I day there haven't been any problems with privatisation. There have. My argument, for the reasons I've explained and regretfully, is that nationalisation by and large didn't work particularly well in this country. It could have done had our politicians been more forward thinking but they weren't. Had things carried on as they'd been allowed to for decades then the utilities we all depend on would have become a great deal worse than they currently are but no I'm not saying that privatisation has been a panacea. It clearly hasn't.