Well telecoms, steel, utilities, the NHS etc were all state owned/run and whilst the perception is the NHS is state run, it’s chopped up and managed by the private sector. To me this is worse as shareholder value is extracted from state funds and yes obviously the currency is BS but is £10 poorl...

And yes, I think that housing move by Thatcher was like a little crack pipe for the generation that benefited from buying property on the cheap but we now have a massively distorted housing market which is shite. The idea you could get a better rate on a buy to let mortgage than if you wanted a hou...