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I know I keep banging on about some political issues, BUT. I am all for change etc, and the latest government we have in may do some good but it just seems to me that the Tories once again are showing their true colours, I know I am going to get slammed for this but it is only IMO. About four weeks ago Royal Mail, a great (sometimes) british institution was basically sold down the river. The government said that whilst Royal Mail would not be privatised they would still allow outside bidders to take over certain aspects of the running of Royal Mail. To me this means one thing and one thing only, sooner or later Royal Mail WILL be fully privatised and owned wholly by an outside force. When this happens the outcome is normally poorer services for the general public as any bidder will have to satisfy their share holders that a profit will HAVE to be made, and bugger the service delivered to the general populous. Yesterday it was announced that doctors services will for the most part be put into the hands of the doctors themselves. Where it will be down to the local doctors to decide on the best services to arm themselves with and pass this onto the local residents. Whilst this could be a great idea it is only a matter of time before an outside company comes in and bids on offering services to the doctors in question, in other words, privatastion. But there is a slightly more worrying facet to this latest 'policy'. By the government doing this they will/can in future admonish themselves completely of ALL responsibility when it goes **** up. We have seen it with the banks, rail industry, the list is endless. The government once again are trying to admonish themselves of any responsibility. Front-line service's should NEVER be privatised. Front-line services and industry are governments responsibility to ensure the best possible service is delivered to those that matter, the people of this country. Once again the tories have shown what they truly are, a party that for the most part is worried about profit before service. I am not saying that all their policies are bad far from it, but it does smell like the tories of old when services are a secondary consideration. Sooner or later we will have a government that can hold its hands up when things go wrong and say, 'Hey, not our fault, we no longer run the services you are worried about'. As I said, this government is doing a lot of good, but at the end of the day privatisation of certain key front line services and industry is inexcusable. Rant over. Cheers Tony:wink: