So much piss on her grave that it’s now a designated protected wetlands, home to birds and animals found nowhere else in the UK. Afraid that we can’t dig her up again. Beautiful place to visit; have a couple of bottles of water before you go.
Comment on UK train operator nationalised by government after 30 years of privatisation
khannie@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Quick, hook Thatcher up to a magnet for infinite electricity. She’s spinning so fast we could end climate change.
addie@feddit.uk 21 hours ago
yakko@feddit.uk 1 day ago
She would cotton on and stop spinning straightaway
mjr@infosec.pub 1 day ago
To be fair, not even Thatcher dared attempt rail service privatisation. It was her disciple Major who pushed it through and enthusiastically promoted battling business units on rails in Brussels.
khannie@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ah my bad. I thought most of the privatisation over there was under her. Did she do the water and BT or was that him too?
mjr@infosec.pub 1 day ago
BT was Thatcher. Water was started by her, after chickening out at least once, but finished under Major.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 19 hours ago
The privatisation of British Rail did indeed begin under Thatcher, though she did so with reluctance due to the obvious need for ongoing subsidy. Sealink and the hotels were the first parts to go in 1984 (at much less than book value).
These were swiftly followed by a laundry company set up for the hotels, an internal ad agency, a travel agency, and the Vale of Rheidol railway which was privatised in 1989.
mjr@infosec.pub 16 hours ago
Aye, but as I wrote, she chickened out of the actual passenger services.