Royal Mail sell-off plan sails through parliament (UK)

[Hannah Bell]

Postal services are heading for catastrophe as government plans to hand Royal Mail to a private firm took a step forwards last week.

A bill authorising the sell-off sailed through parliament with a majority of 81, as Lib Dem and Tory MPs voted to privatise the state-owned firm.

They argued that Royal Mail must be hived off because mail volumes are falling and private firms are more efficient.

And they added that this is also the only way to deal with the firm’s mammoth pensions deficit.

But this is a lie.

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=23631

[HEyHEY]

1. AH yes, the old "Private firms are efficient" bullshit.

If they are then hire away their bosses to make YOUR operation efficient. When are they gonna learn that privatization of essential services never works?