Comments on: Trickle-down economics? Not in our water industry https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Mon, 04 May 2015 08:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Matt M https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-711064 Mon, 04 May 2015 08:39:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-711064 No such thing as “trickle down economics”. It’s a straw-man invention of the left. No one has proposed such a thing or supports it.

]]> By: Leon Wolfeson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-710962 Sat, 02 May 2015 15:15:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-710962 In reply to James Chilton.

Rationalise away your opposition any way you like.

]]> By: James Chilton https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-710901 Sat, 02 May 2015 06:39:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-710901 In reply to Leon Wolfeson.

Realist.

]]> By: Leon Wolfeson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-710864 Fri, 01 May 2015 19:34:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-710864 In reply to James Chilton.

And that’s defeatist.

]]> By: James Chilton https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-710808 Fri, 01 May 2015 08:05:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-710808 In reply to Leon Wolfeson.

Renationalise? We should, but it won’t happen.

]]> By: James Chilton https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-710807 Fri, 01 May 2015 08:03:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-710807 Utilities like water and energy supply would not remain in private ownership if a government with a radical conception of the public interest ever came to power.

But that opportunity is long gone. We’re all supposed to respect the claims of material interests and to worship the profit motive in our so-called ‘property owning democracy’.

]]> By: Faerieson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-710805 Fri, 01 May 2015 05:52:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-710805 In reply to sarntcrip.

Water does not have to be privately ‘owned.’ The fact that it is suggests that the UK desperately needs to re-evaluate its priorities!

]]> By: Faerieson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-710804 Fri, 01 May 2015 05:49:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-710804 Any scenario whereby the ‘provision’ of water- for Heaven’s sake!- is regarded as a means of making excess profit is a deeply flawed one. Were it scientifically possible to regulate/control the natural flow of air, I now feel certain that there would be ‘interested’ parties looking to ‘invest.’ Is nothing safe?

]]> By: Leon Wolfeson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-710745 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:23:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-710745 The UK has no water shortage, but we have regional shortages. It’s a scandal, and the fact that the water companies are regional monopolies mean that we can and should renationalise them.

]]> By: sarntcrip https://leftfootforward.org/2015/04/trickle-down-economics-not-in-our-water-industry/#comment-710716 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:43:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=102205#comment-710716 IF WE MUST HAVE PRIVATISED WATER IT SHOULD BE RUN LIKE GAS AND ELECTRICITY YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TI CHOOSE YOUR SUPPLIER IN THE SAME WAY TORIES ONLY LIKE CHOICE WHEN IT DOESN’T INTERRUPT THEIR MONOPOLIES

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