Fantasy Chancellor Game

[Zigenare]

I see in the other thread that the transport secretary is talking about a public (i.e. nationalised) body called “Great British Railways”. It can then be sold/managed by the private sector to ensure shareholders and pension schemes are fully rewarded.

Interesting article by Adam Boulton - Boulton Analysis

[malvolio]

Yeah, here is what's good for percentage analysis tho -

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Nearly 20 years since your reg date, and you gave only 3 thanks and 14 likes?

Talk your way out of that one...

And what kind of a measure is that? I'm not here to be popular or to score other posters' performance or win points in some cyber-popularity willy-waving contest, I'm here to try and help people understand how contracting works in an ever more difficult arena and to have a bit of fun winding up the self-important ones among us. Like those who think the scores on the doors are significant. Or even accurate.

[malvolio]

I see in the other thread that the transport secretary is talking about a public (i.e. nationalised) body called “Great British Railways”. It can then be sold/managed by the private sector to ensure shareholders and pension schemes are fully rewarded.

I thought National Rail was state owned and not for profit, reinvesting any profits back into the infrastructure. And it exists because private ownership of its immediate precursor was such a major triumph. Or something...

[BlasterBates]

WTC i.e. subsidising the multinationals
Massive EU migration
GP contract
mortgaging the hospitals

were all Tory?

who knew?

Interestingly net migration has gone up since the Tories took over and particularly since Brexit. Last year net migration was around 500,000.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...f%20504%2C000.

[vetran]

Interestingly net migration has gone up since the Tories took over and particularly since Brexit. Last year net migration was around 500,000.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...f%20504%2C000.

Do you think Afghanistan & Ukraine had anything to do with that?

[BlasterBates]

Do you think Afghanistan & Ukraine had anything to do with that?

Before the pandemic and the war in Ukraine in 2020 annual net migration was around 300,000 which was higher than at anytime under Labour.

[vetran]

Before the pandemic and the war in Ukraine in 2020 annual net migration was around 300,000 which was higher than at anytime under Labour.

in 92 net migration was negative.

June 2021 was the EU settlement scheme deadline so EU citizens migrating was expected to be high. Heavy EU migration really started in 2004 under B'liar. 6 million turned up and wanted to stay.

[BlasterBates]

in 92 net migration was negative.

June 2021 was the EU settlement scheme deadline so EU citizens migrating was expected to be high. Heavy EU migration really started in 2004 under B'liar. 6 million turned up and wanted to stay.

EU immigration was very low in 2021, it was almost exclusively non-EU migration

[d000hg]

Massive reforms sound quite expensive to implement. Will they bring in more government revenue to pay for themselves?

[Protagoras]

Massive reforms sound quite expensive to implement. Will they bring in more government revenue to pay for themselves?

They must! And it's not going to be cheap to re-build Great Britain following many decades of destruction by government.

Nationalisation could be quite cheap - there's no requirement to compensate shareholders for current 'market value'