The fact that yet another money lined utility can boast about the obscene profits it enjoys from stealing money from the poor and needy by exorbitant charges, makes it even more the case for forced Nationalisation; and then sold to NON-PROFIT making companies for future running. A 500% Annual increase over the previous year! £571 Million Profit!! The Board should be publicly lashed.
Its time all utilities were taken back into Government control including Water ( Especially!),Electricity and Gas. These should NEVER have been sold to commercial companies in order to exploit the natural demand needed by everyone. Profit is not a dirty word as it is needed to continue with the expenses of running the companies but the obscene greedy amounts required in order to please shareholders is not acceptable.
However with the money grabbing Government that we have,and probably the most corrupt one this country has ever had, I dont see the hard decisions that are needed will be actioned by this spineless Government. After all its Greed that generated the collapse of Northern Rock, brought about by this Government.
Its time for a completely new Political Party to be formed as all of the present incumbents are too steeped in lining their own pockets to be trusted anymore. The present Government is well aware that it will not be voted back into power again and is busy destroying the country for the next Political Party to clean up.
2008-02-21 @ 18:20