Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Sky News" channel.

  1. He can promise to start the process, even if it won't be finished in one term
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  2.  @danielwebb8402  win an election? Fantastic idea! Let's have one as soon as possible!
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  3. A weak effort, but I like this better than allcaps hatespeech, so 2/10
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  4. @Bevrinton  water - privatised, terrible Power - privatised, most expensive in Europe Rail - privatised, poor and still heavily subsidised NHS - heavily subcontracted to private firms. Delivering poorer results despite increasing funding as a result I feel I've missed one or two, but the pattern is clear - privatisation delivers worse results at higher cost
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  5. @Future Classics  we don't have to guess whether public or private works best, we have the evidence in front of us The Tories have been subcontracting more and more out privately. Has it got better or worse in the last ten years as a result?
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  6. Yep. The shareholder Christmas must be protected In his world posties don't get to have Christmas 🙁
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  7. Labour will be better - every Labour government has been better than the Tory alternative!
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  8.  @niblet112  So like Norman said, bring in Proportional Representation, change the system!
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  9. As long as he sits on the passenger side so no innocent driver gets hurt
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  10. Gordon Brown stuck to the manifesto that Labour were elected on - anyone think Sunak will actually do any leveling up?
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  11. She's already claimed that as her campaign slogan!
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  12. because he doesn't put himself forward. If he did, then he will succeed or fail as the public sees fit
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  13. This is definitely a "whoever wins, we all lose" scenario!
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  14. But didn't the Tories Take Back Control in the last General Election?
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  15. Often in hotels owned by Tory donors 🤔
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  16. ​ @bowantoia8536  nationalisation improves efficiency, as it cuts a layer of management and saves on shareholder dividends 😁
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  17. @TheCrimsonAvenger  I agree his business dealings are dodgy, but I doubt he was doing any of that today. Strictly handshakes and polite smiles here
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  18. Can't be any worse than where we are now!
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  19. The big question to ask - which puts patients most at risk, a few days of carefully planned strike action, or a catastrophic failure to recruit and retain doctors and nurses?
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  20. @ashley W  There is always another option! If there's money to funnel to private companies, then there's money we can spend on a public NHS instead
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  21.  @ashleyw6728  then we need someone else in government, who will!
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  22. Let's look at that productivity graph - clearly shows austerity kills productivity Yet the Tories want to try austerity to fix low productivity 🤔
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  23.  @ronnieince4568  turns out people don't want to spend every hour of every day making someone else's life better. Share the rewards fairly, and work ethics will follow
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  24.  @veganpicks3510  sadly, a lot of our public sector isn't truly public anymore 🙁
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  25. But we are selling the licence. Once the licence is sold we buy the oil back at global market rate. No benefits for us ordinary folk
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  26.  @bhupindertube  we see a bit of money from the licence, but we'd see even more if we kept it nationally owned. It's classic Tory short term profiteering for a long-term loss
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  27. Greens and LibDems are getting a bit sick of being taken for granted though. Labour gain so much more from tactical voting than the other parties A promise to change the electoral system would fix that! The current begrudging support would be energised and enthusiastic instead
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  28. Tories are bad for everyone except their Eton chums!
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  29. They have their fantasy of following in Thatcher's footsteps. Very different times now though, it's not going to play out how they are dreaming it will!
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  30. I also want to add that the rolling stock companies are making substantial money. Definitely room there for more competition/regulation without anyone going bankrupt!
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  31. I guess bilionaires will always be uncomfortable with the left. To be fair, I'm uncomfortable with the ludicrous cost of living that's making them even wealthier, so that divide is hard to avoid!
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  32. Price caps not handouts!
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  33. Absolutely! Actually, on second thoughts I may hold back on the clapping 😉
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  34. ​@jo because the only difference between Sunak and Truss is that Sunak is bleeding the country slowly rather than crashing it in an instant 🙁
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  35. He also holds democratic mandates sacred, but allows the DUP minority to hold the rest of Stormont hostage
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  36. @trainman665  what's the difference between re-tendering a poorly performing private contract, and sacking poorly performing management in a publicly owned network?
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  37. Taxes are only at record highs for ordinary people. A few are enjoying very low rates!
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  38.  @vincentblack7467  if the transport secretary changed position, Mick would have something new to say 😉
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  39. It is! They should ask for matching inflation, minimum 😁
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  40. Windfall tax, invest in wind and solar and house insulation, stop giving tax breaks to people and companies who disappear their money into tax havens rather than invest it in the nation There's a few for starters!
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  41. Labour are on the right track. Fix the assessment process, get legitimate asylum seekers settled, get undeserving immigrants deported as soon as possible Hopefully they'll consider setting up centres overseas, so legitimate cases can travel here safely, and the rest never make it here at all
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  42. Spot on! Socialism for the rich in action...
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  43.  @Bevrinton  we have privatised almost everything already. Which one improved?
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  44.  @Bevrinton  who or what did the Tories swear allegiance to? It clearly wasn't the nation or the people!
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  45.  @bw6316  that wouldn't be new, MPs already get excessive pay rises. During supposed "austerity", they've gained 28% while most public sector pay went up around 12%...
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  46. The civil service tried to warn him so they fired people until the warnings stopped Slow clap for Captain Kamikwasi...
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  47. The cravenly pathetic "but your plan only covers 6 months" while the alternative plan is to do smeg all. The bias is showing!
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  48. "The value of your investment can go down as well as up" - that's what all the adverts for shares say, isn't it?
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  49. Tory Ministers are driving this agenda
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  50. This started months ago. The Posties didn't start this for Christmas, the owners let it drag on til Christmas
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