In a desperate bid to stave off savage public service cuts before the next election, Gordon Brown has decided to flog off Government assets. Even the Tories are in agreement that this is probably the right thing to do in the short term. I disagree, we should have let the bank go to the wall and saved billions. We should have never offered to prop them up, but should have nationalised them.
Up for grabs in this corporate boot sale of Government assets are;
- The Dartford Crossing
- The Cross-Channel Rail Link
- The Nationalised bookmaker the Tote
- The Government’s 33% stake in Urenco, the European consortium which supplies equipment to enrich uranium for the nuclear industry (perhaps Iran will be interested).
- ‘Surplus’ Real Estate
I’m sure a number of multi-national corporations will be looking at this with much interest. With UK Plc on the ropes, it is ripe for an aggressive takeover for pennies in the pound!
You should never have tried to be Ironic with your photo of a car boot sale (the way its going you should have stuck up a photo of a closing down sale) as you have only gone and put ideas in the powers that bes heads. We are now so skint that not only are we flogging everything we are now bringing in a NEW TAX ON CAR BOOT SALES, (talk about spare 10p for a cup of tea ? )
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221159/Car-boot-sales-face-tax-blitz-cash-strapped-Labour.html
I can’t say I’m surprised the Tories are in favour. Remember whe the governemnt controlled water, gas, electricity? You have to be old enough to remember Thatcher.
They have not taxed Ebay (yet).