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This ^^ is the root of many of Royal Mail's current difficulties, as Blu says, the likes of TNT, DHL and the rest were permitted to move in and pillage the best parts of the mail delivery service, with absolutely no requirement to abide by the USO the Royal Mail isa bound by
The bits the private companies would make a loss on are processed by them at profit then (using downstream access) it is passed onto Royal Mail (at a heavily discounted rate) for delivery.
Take a look at the contents of what comes through the door next time the postie visits. You can bet that the majority will be competitors mail!
