"Within the very short timescale of 11 years the privatised water industry of England and Wales is voluntarily restructuring itself into an unrecognisably different form. It is doing so with almost no political input at all, no consideration of the range of options available, and in particular amidst a stunning silence about the option of public ownership which remains the norm worldwide."

Of all the needless privatisations that were inflicted on the UK by Conservative governments during the 1980s and 90s, this is the one that needs to be reversed. (Then the railways, but that's another story.)

Posted by Hg on Saturday 08 May 2004 at 08:49.
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