Great time to buy if it tank. Britain will inevitably bounce back stronger. Every cloudâŠ
You should read up in the facts about railway performance in the EU. The UK consistently ranks in the top three for every single aspect of train performance, connection and infrastructure.
That Thatcher quote is a load of bollocks and always was. the money doesnât run out just because things are run for the benefit of the people. Money doesnât disappear when itâs been spent, it continues to circulate in the economy, an increase in spending can bring a corresponding increase in tax revenue, as well as creating more jobs and stimulating the economy. Iâm not saying Left wing governments have always got it right, but there is no inherent reason why it canât work.
There always seems to be plenty of money whenever we want to join in whatever war the Americans happen to have started
Incidentally you know what I think they should privatise? The royal family! If they are such good value etc. let Richard Branson run them for a profit 
The Royal Family is run for profit at the moment.
Youâre entitled to your opinion as am I. I donât think itâs bollocks at all. Iâm libertarian (lower tax, smaller government, free speech) by nature so I suppose Iâm very anti-socialism, I donât think it can work in the world now. Iâm a utopian socialist I suppose but weâre not there yet
Fully agree about the royal family. I hate blue-blood stuff. To me it perpetuates racism and classism. People bow to this lotâŠthey should really have their head checked
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Iâm not sure what free speech has to do with lower taxes and small govt!
Of course the Thatcher quote is bollocks for the reasons pointed out already, you can also use as good counter examples any of the social democratic states in Northern Europe eg Denmark/Sweden etc ie high tax, high wage, better public services.
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Does that include price and coverage? Thatâs the criticism. A train ride here costs 5 or 6 time the price in germany, austria or france (where i lived before). Connections are brutally limited based on profitability, so most connections that i want to take donât even exist properly, so i have to take car or plane. The UK is by far the worst in my experience, which includes trains in italy and spain as well.
I was pointing out what libertarian means 
they are the key tenents of it. Itâs even in brackets not sure why you singled out that part
Sheâs on the money. Socialist policies can work but those countries are not socialist. So far full-blown socialism has only lead to death in our history
You contradict yourself. Socialism has never existed anywhere. Neither in the Scandinavians nor in the UDSSR.
Like Andrewâs pointâŠhow so @SebReitz?
âBut it wasnât real socialism MUHâ
The Thatcher quote doesnât even make sense, who are these âOther peopleâ anyway?
In socialism the services are owned by the people, paid for by the people and used by the people. no reason that canât work.
Youâre probably older than I am so I wonât bore you with how it does make sense. Everyone is the other people. Theyâve never been classless societies theyâve always been 2 tiered. Those in the party and their friends and the rest.
In socialism the services are owned by the people, paid for by the people and used by the people. no reason that canât work.
In theoryâŠnever in practice. I understand some socialist âpoliciesâ can work but a fully socialist system has never worked. Bit mental on an investing forum to be advocating for socialism. Are you trying to lose money?
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Iâm not really advocating full socialism, I just think a most of the public services the tories have privatised have led to a worse more expensive service
Some things should not be run for profit
Iâm a tax accountant. I work with HMRC on a daily basis. If you want evidence of what a public service can look like, perform and treat the public without any competition try being an accountant. Itâs so dire and awful, that itâs enough to make anyone against nationalization. HMRC would be finished overnight if there could be competition.
I donât like the negative aspects of capitalism. However, if you want choice and low prices combined with innovation and technological advancement you must have an incentive and reward to entrepreneurs and investors. There is a reason people gamble their mortgages and life savings on their business and why others are happy taking home 20k on PAYE. Itâs the reward for their risk. Many fail, but some succeed. There is no country that I am aware of where removing competition enhanced technological advancement.
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Iâm not talking about entrepreneurs though, Iâm talking about public services, Itâs pretty obvious that privatizing public transport has not led to more choice and low prices
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Jesus this is deeply worrying. Maybe I should stay away from uk stocks. To think you can change universal climate by shoving tax dollars in the ozone is mental. Communism via a wolf in sheepâs clothing
The sun is destined to die yet it is never ever mentioned by these loons
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Wanting to live on a habitable earth = communism⊠sure thing.
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Itâs possible that they are both doing good raising awareness and creating solutions.
My opinion on the whole thing is as follows:
If we change the way we are and climate change turns out to be a dud, then we lose nothing.
If we donât change and climate change turns out to be a devastating truth, we lose everything.
So why not just do something? Just in case?
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Thanks for explaining the world to a dummy like me so I can profit from your YouTube university degree as well 
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