So, now the Conservatives want Government action: but I thought that they wanted us, you and me, to be the Government, to take over failing public sector activities, schools, hospitals, airports and railways...
Maybe not. Now they want Gordon brown to rescue the British public from the failure of the privatised transport companies.
In the past, when airlines and airports and railway lines and companies were nationalised, the government would have the ability to intervene, to direct actions and resources to the best outcomes for the public good. But the Tories have dismissd that as the dreaded "Big Government", which they abhor. They said that they wanted you to become the MD of BAA and CEO of British Airways.... and a plague on government intervention.
And now? Now they want Big Government to rescue us from our latest difficulties...
Lewis Carroll had it (almost) right...
You're old father William
the young man said
and your hair is exceedingly grey
and yet you continually stand on your head
are you impersonating Tories today?
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