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[โ€“] Dave8008@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Public control, not ownership. So not nationalised. ...and what exactly does "control" mean? Overall control? Partial control? A small restriction on price rises?

[โ€“] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

We already have mechanisms of public control. Ofwat for water and Ofgem for electricity. The government don't use them.

It's a pointless and meaningless position.

Yet another labour politician that just wants to mess around at the edges of things, because they don't see the fundamental problems.