Quote Originally Posted by LaxtonLad View Post
All you mention and others (coal, steel, post office, gas, electric, oil,) were nationalised industries that were costly but were functioning well under a socialist government. Then along came the promises, propaganda and privatisation from the Tories, profits rose and efficiency fell.

And here we are now, with a massively underfunded NHS which would soon have disappeared if the Conservative party had had their way and the virus had not struck. Where would we have been in two years time if they were still in power and the virus had waited and struck then?
I can pretty much guarantee you that coal and steel would be no longer no matter who ran them unless there was a level of state subsidy that would probably be more than what is being injected to fight the virus! The Post Office should easily be self sustaining and as for the rest they are basic necessities and I cant see any problem with how they are run currently that would have bettered them with state intervention. As for the NHS you have a valid point.