Quote Originally Posted by noahrab View Post
So an SNP MP now wants to nationalise the oil industry
I have to say I am a fan of nationalisation over privatisation.
I simply cannot understand why a government should sell, to the private sector, such goldmines as water, gas, electricity, trains, the post office etc.
I understand that when the government is your boss, it seems that the workforce is made up of workshy fat union members who do nothing but smoke fags and play cards all day, and try to skim as much cash from their employers as possible. I would hope that these days, government employees would see their duty lies in doing their fair share thereby enabling all to prosper, and not just a few fat cat bosses.
A state-owned oil exploration firm may or may not be the answer but, since this Hurricane lot are already running in the race, a state-owned firm wouldn't even get out of the starting blocks before the contest was over