View Poll Results: Who will get your vote
Conservative
19
29.69%
Labour
8
12.50%
Liberal Democrats
11
17.19%
Brexit Party
10
15.63%
SNP
0
0%
Green
2
3.13%
Plaid Cymru
0
0%
DUP
1
1.56%
Other (Sinn Fein, Change UK, Independent etc)
3
4.69%
Not voting
7
10.94%
Don't Know
3
4.69%
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0
0%
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UK General Election 2019
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From: Api 500+bhp MD321T @91dB Probably SN's longest owner of an Impreza Turbo
I've seen that when the like of train and hospitals are run with private business like efficiency, they can be wonderful. I'm not against running major utilities privately or by government. I don't want them run poorly with wastage
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From: The hell where youth and laughter go
It's like with the sale of Cadbury. A private company, but equity investors manage to acquire a majority shareholding and force the sale against the will of the other private shareholders including the founding family who were dead set against it. The sale of Cadbury was a big mistake both for the employees and the UK, with Coburn is likely to be the same story. Cadbury was only chocolate, defense companies are another matter. Sadly, this is typical of Brexit Britain, just a big asset sell of to the highest foreign bidder!
Do you have any issues with what happened with Siemens/Osram which spurred off Osram into Ledvance to only be sold off to a Chinese consortium.
May explain why in a ten pack of Osram parathoms I purchased, eight have failed within 2 months!
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From: Friedrichshafen Germany/Preston UK
Principally no, but most other countries governments will step in to protect the public interest. The UK is actually encouraging foreign investments which generally results in poorer quality products and services and ultimately siphons money out of the country.
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From: The hell where youth and laughter go
In fairness, May blocked the Chinese nuclear power ‘deal’.
We’ll know for sure that this is the case and that it is indeed carte blanche if its given the green light again, then I’d say that it is more of a concern; Tory promises of infrastructure renewal/expansion will hinge on this.
King-Long buses; anyone up for a ride?
We’ll know for sure that this is the case and that it is indeed carte blanche if its given the green light again, then I’d say that it is more of a concern; Tory promises of infrastructure renewal/expansion will hinge on this.
King-Long buses; anyone up for a ride?
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There's plenty of private enterprises run poorly and with waste! People seem to think that publicly run means bad, but it doesn't necessarily follow. A moments thought demonstrates why things are just as bad in the private sector. There are certain things that need to be in the public sector, no matter what
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