Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Remember Blair first began privatisation (through PFIs) of Royal Mail, London underground, the NHS and schools.
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Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)
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Wouldn't have made a difference. Corbyn was unelectable for any number of reasons, his policies just one of them.
He was the first for privatisation? Thatcher didn't privatise?
He wanted the public and private sectors to work together.
Imagine that, businesses and government working together. fudging radical idea.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
First to begin privatising those 4 sectors. That was about all that remained after Thatcher's demolition job.
Imagine schools and healthcare being driven by altruism, rather than profit.
That's an interesting way of wondering what would happen if there were no imperative for them to be any goodat what they do.
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Our MP for Tottenham
French taxi driver faces charges that he stole luggage and cash from the Foreign Secretary during a trip from Italy to the French Alps.
David Lammy got into a dispute over a €700 (£590) “additional” fee charged to him and Nicola Green, his wife, as they were driven from Forli, near Bologna, to Flaine, a ski village in Haute Savoie, in April following a state visit by the King to Italy.
The Lammys have claimed that Nasim Mumin, a taxi driver who provides a car service for VIPs, demanded more money when they arrived at their destination, even though it was agreed that the fare had been paid in full when they set off.
While making his demand, it is claimed that Mr Mumin, who was sitting beside Ms Green, opened a compartment between the seats and showed her a knife.
David Lammy and his wife Nicola Green had been on a visit to Rome with the King and Queen before travelling to the ski village Credit: Andrew Parsons/Parsons Media
After refusing to pay the driver extra when they arrived at the French resort late at night, the Lammys got out of the car. They have claimed that Mr Mumin drove off with their luggage still in the boot.
However, in an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Mumin, 40, from Avignon, south-west France, called the Foreign Secretary a “liar” and a “thief”.
He claimed that the minister’s entourage had agreed to an additional sum to be paid at the destination because he was carrying a higher-risk client.
Mr Mumin said he was owed €700, the difference between the €1,550 cost of the trip and €850 due to be settled by the GetTransfer service platform, which Mr Lammy had used to book the trip. He said the company had engaged his services after being contacted by the British embassy in Paris.
He added: “I have not been paid a penny for travelling 2,500km to ferry a British minister and his wife from Italy to a ski resort in France. It’s a disgrace.”
Denying threatening the couple, he said: “I’ve been working for 25 years as a chauffeur and have four special licences to drive in official convoys and carry dignitaries in foreign special transfers and never had a problem until now.”
He had collected the couple from the airport at Forli on April 10, driving them more than 360 miles (582km) overnight to the resort of Flaine.
The Foreign Secretary and his wife had accompanied the King and Queen on a state visit and were embarking on a
French taxi driver faces charges that he stole luggage and cash from the Foreign Secretary during a trip from Italy to the French Alps.
David Lammy got into a dispute over a €700 (£590) “additional” fee charged to him and Nicola Green, his wife, as they were driven from Forli, near Bologna, to Flaine, a ski village in Haute Savoie, in April following a state visit by the King to Italy.
The Lammys have claimed that Nasim Mumin, a taxi driver who provides a car service for VIPs, demanded more money when they arrived at their destination, even though it was agreed that the fare had been paid in full when they set off.
While making his demand, it is claimed that Mr Mumin, who was sitting beside Ms Green, opened a compartment between the seats and showed her a knife.
David Lammy and his wife Nicola Green had been on a visit to Rome with the King and Queen before travelling to the ski village Credit: Andrew Parsons/Parsons Media
After refusing to pay the driver extra when they arrived at the French resort late at night, the Lammys got out of the car. They have claimed that Mr Mumin drove off with their luggage still in the boot.
However, in an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Mumin, 40, from Avignon, south-west France, called the Foreign Secretary a “liar” and a “thief”.
He claimed that the minister’s entourage had agreed to an additional sum to be paid at the destination because he was carrying a higher-risk client.
Mr Mumin said he was owed €700, the difference between the €1,550 cost of the trip and €850 due to be settled by the GetTransfer service platform, which Mr Lammy had used to book the trip. He said the company had engaged his services after being contacted by the British embassy in Paris.
He added: “I have not been paid a penny for travelling 2,500km to ferry a British minister and his wife from Italy to a ski resort in France. It’s a disgrace.”
Denying threatening the couple, he said: “I’ve been working for 25 years as a chauffeur and have four special licences to drive in official convoys and carry dignitaries in foreign special transfers and never had a problem until now.”
He had collected the couple from the airport at Forli on April 10, driving them more than 360 miles (582km) overnight to the resort of Flaine.
The Foreign Secretary and his wife had accompanied the King and Queen on a state visit and were embarking on a
Our MP for Tottenham
French taxi driver faces charges that he stole luggage and cash from the Foreign Secretary during a trip from Italy to the French Alps.
David Lammy got into a dispute over a €700 (£590) “additional” fee charged to him and Nicola Green, his wife, as they were driven from Forli, near Bologna, to Flaine, a ski village in Haute Savoie, in April following a state visit by the King to Italy.
The Lammys have claimed that Nasim Mumin, a taxi driver who provides a car service for VIPs, demanded more money when they arrived at their destination, even though it was agreed that the fare had been paid in full when they set off.
While making his demand, it is claimed that Mr Mumin, who was sitting beside Ms Green, opened a compartment between the seats and showed her a knife.
David Lammy and his wife Nicola Green had been on a visit to Rome with the King and Queen before travelling to the ski village Credit: Andrew Parsons/Parsons Media
After refusing to pay the driver extra when they arrived at the French resort late at night, the Lammys got out of the car. They have claimed that Mr Mumin drove off with their luggage still in the boot.
However, in an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Mumin, 40, from Avignon, south-west France, called the Foreign Secretary a “liar” and a “thief”.
He claimed that the minister’s entourage had agreed to an additional sum to be paid at the destination because he was carrying a higher-risk client.
Mr Mumin said he was owed €700, the difference between the €1,550 cost of the trip and €850 due to be settled by the GetTransfer service platform, which Mr Lammy had used to book the trip. He said the company had engaged his services after being contacted by the British embassy in Paris.
He added: “I have not been paid a penny for travelling 2,500km to ferry a British minister and his wife from Italy to a ski resort in France. It’s a disgrace.”
Denying threatening the couple, he said: “I’ve been working for 25 years as a chauffeur and have four special licences to drive in official convoys and carry dignitaries in foreign special transfers and never had a problem until now.”
He had collected the couple from the airport at Forli on April 10, driving them more than 360 miles (582km) overnight to the resort of Flaine.
The Foreign Secretary and his wife had accompanied the King and Queen on a state visit and were embarking on a
Still cheaper than a ryan air flight to bilbao.