tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post1874873207289024230..comments2024-03-28T23:49:28.343+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Stop! Wait, Wait A Minute, Mr PostmanDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-24949788429792148462008-12-16T17:34:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:34:00.000+00:00It depends how you add it up.Back tomorrow afterno...It depends how you add it up.<BR/><BR/>Back tomorrow afternoon.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-7716408204914140402008-12-16T17:33:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:33:00.000+00:00"the Post Office subsidises the Treasury, not the ..."the Post Office subsidises the Treasury, not the other way round"<BR/><BR/>Sadly, that's no longer true - it used to be, but it isn't any more. I wish it were, but there you go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-6355608372502998702008-12-16T17:32:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:32:00.000+00:00Sam, the Post Office subsidises the Treasury, not ...Sam, the Post Office subsidises the Treasury, not the other way round. Let some of that money be spent on things like saving rural Post Offices, rather than, say, wars.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-42269076014190918172008-12-16T17:30:00.001+00:002008-12-16T17:30:00.001+00:00Nothing, Matthew. Within certain limits, of course...Nothing, Matthew. Within certain limits, of course.<BR/><BR/>But what's wrong is hiving off part of a hugely successful public service and giving it to a private company, just because the EU says so. Even Margaret Thatcher ruled out privatising the Post Office. (And the railways.)<BR/><BR/>Han, because it's ours, and it works very well indeed as it is, or at least as it used to be until recently. In Thatcher's words, "You can't privatise the Royal Mail, it's Royal". Quite. And on that among other bases, you can't flog it to Abroad, either.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-78274114810808934412008-12-16T17:30:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:30:00.000+00:00I strongly support public subsidies (normally it m...I strongly support public subsidies (normally it means I get criticised by right-wingers, but today it seems everyone's assuming I'm a banker). But the money needs to come from somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-16378929163462536652008-12-16T17:27:00.001+00:002008-12-16T17:27:00.001+00:00No, Sam's right. I meant "pay for its policies" in...No, Sam's right. I meant "pay for its policies" in terms of overall tax and spending plans - not in terms of funding the party. I assume the BPA is already perfectly well funded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-63125297392679712632008-12-16T17:27:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:27:00.000+00:00What's wrong with people making money?What's wrong with people making money?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-45309014029821421612008-12-16T17:26:00.001+00:002008-12-16T17:26:00.001+00:00If the Germans can do it better, why not let them?...If the Germans can do it better, why not let them? The idea of a delivery office being run with any kind of efficiency is frankly a rather attractive one.<BR/><BR/>Besides, I know some Germans, and they're simply lovely people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-31414174844735203122008-12-16T17:26:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:26:00.000+00:00Oh, pots and pots of lovely lolly, no doubt.Oh, pots and pots of lovely lolly, no doubt.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-15687687777542545782008-12-16T17:25:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:25:00.000+00:00How much are Jonty Burgess and Sam Waterson going ...How much are Jonty Burgess and Sam Waterson going to make out of it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-17472535059908407432008-12-16T17:24:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:24:00.000+00:00With job cuts accordingly, of course, Steve.But wo...With job cuts accordingly, of course, Steve.<BR/><BR/>But would that this were still "shocking".David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-30020184291220367572008-12-16T17:23:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:23:00.000+00:00Totally shocking. A great hefty chunk of the profi...Totally shocking. A great hefty chunk of the profits of a hugely profitable public service to bve given to a private, foreign company. All the please the EU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-14011752711679800902008-12-16T17:22:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:22:00.000+00:00So let's keep it that way, and indeed make it even...So let's keep it that way, and indeed make it even better.<BR/><BR/>If it's public subsidies that people like Sam object to, then they should look to the privatised railways, or the City bailouts, just for a start.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-20557425807167791432008-12-16T17:21:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:21:00.000+00:00The most profitable postal service in the world is...The most profitable postal service in the world is fine as it is Sam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-58811727822096029642008-12-16T17:20:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:20:00.000+00:00That wasn't the question, Sam, which was about the...That wasn't the question, Sam, which was about the funding of the BPA.<BR/><BR/>Jack, perhaps he is Jon, or Break Dancing Jesus. They are both people exactly like that, of course.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-45283524851270104382008-12-16T17:18:00.001+00:002008-12-16T17:18:00.001+00:00Poor Jonty Burgess. Or rather rich Jonty Burgess. ...Poor Jonty Burgess. Or rather rich Jonty Burgess. Totally unused to being denied his every whim by the common people. How are anyone not tell exactly what he wants to know, there and then. Don't they know who he is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-37508689168128861442008-12-16T17:18:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:18:00.000+00:00Nobody is paying for your policies? Oh, I assumed ...Nobody is paying for your policies? Oh, I assumed you would have some sort of plan to fund them out of general taxation, with a detailed explanation of how much more or less people would be taxed overall, and what existing spending programmes would be cut, and so on. You're telling me you can run the Royal Mail for free?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-12352776520349558152008-12-16T17:17:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:17:00.000+00:00Exactly.Policies to order and policy-making proces...Exactly.<BR/><BR/>Policies to order and policy-making processes for hire are the other lot, not us.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-75430574209532180452008-12-16T17:16:00.001+00:002008-12-16T17:16:00.001+00:00Ypou have them anyway, and if people agree than th...Ypou have them anyway, and if people agree than they are welcome to contribute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-48757211788937987912008-12-16T17:16:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:16:00.000+00:00Nobody is paying for our policies. We're not all l...Nobody is paying for our policies. We're not all like you, you know.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-73700229943485405042008-12-16T17:14:00.001+00:002008-12-16T17:14:00.001+00:00And I'm not discussing such matters with an anonym...And I'm not discussing such matters with an anonymous person on the Internet.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-42048637133894435602008-12-16T17:14:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:14:00.000+00:00David is right, Anonymous 17:11. It would be absur...David is right, Anonymous 17:11. It would be absurd for a political party to give any indication in public of how it intended to pay for its policies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-6586923251451234712008-12-16T17:11:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:11:00.000+00:00Eh? I'm not paying for it myself, sorry.Eh? I'm not paying for it myself, sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-2101677517374813562008-12-16T17:09:00.001+00:002008-12-16T17:09:00.001+00:00Do get in touch - davidaslindsay@hotmail.comDo get in touch - davidaslindsay@hotmail.comDavid Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-52528399789104469062008-12-16T17:02:00.000+00:002008-12-16T17:02:00.000+00:00How are you going to pay for it?How are you going to pay for it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com