I am interested to hear any opinions about the proposed Royal Mail floatation. Will it remain a croc and sink or will it open at a premium and fly?

Can there be a float and strike at Royal Mail? The government's announcement of its intention to float Royal Mail on the stock exchange is not irreversible, avoid.

Today the Government announced its intention to sell off Royal Mail.

This might be good news for the bankers but it is bad news for Royal Mail customers. 127,000 people have signed the petition to save the Royal Mail and protect its services. Last week the petition was taken to Downing Street.

There is still time to make our voices heard and protect Royal Mail services.

Please take a moment to send an urgent email to your MP today to tell them why you want to protect the Royal Mail.

Below are some suggestions to include in your email.

Thank you for your support,

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Some suggestions for email to your MP:

I am writing to express my concerns over plans to privatise Royal Mail.
The elderly, people in rural areas and small businesses will be particularly hard hit by the inevitable price rises and service reductions that will follow this privatisation.
Recent polling shows that 70% of the British public oppose this unnecessary privatisation.
Royal Mail is a successful public sector enterprise. This is an unnecessary and ultimately political privatisation.

120/130 mitzy that would be nice,could be looking at £2 i would of said.
Count me in !

why is it bad for customers?
for that matter, why do the unions reckon it's bad for them?

has privatised gas or water been bad for the customer?
in many ways no, though it's impossible to determine whether pricing would have been any less if left in state ownership

has privatised rail been bad for the customer?
on balance, probably yes, but i don't recollect it was much chop before, and heaven knows what fun the militant unions would have had

You are far to immature to respond to, particularly on this subject.

is that so?
you mean you totally disagree? ..... well that's your prerogative, but there's no need to be so immature in your response

i wonder if there will be any increase in thieving once the mail is privatised?

btw, weren't the docks state-owned many years ago?
if so, privatising those has been magical on almost all fronts

Yes, it is so, you really must get some help for your own good and people around you, I'm assuming that there are people around you of course.

what a wondrous intelligent response from you stan, but then i think you're a close buddy of findus, so i shouldn't be surprised

Thank you.

so tell me stan, are the unions afraid that (a) their power will become fragmented in that sector and/or (b) jobs will go with no decrease in efficiency?

See post 18.

ah! another ignorant response from you
if you don't know the answers, just say so; no one will think any the worse of you

Did not Mrs Thatcher or someone want to sell off the Royal Mail some years ago ?
Why has it not happened sooner ?

I can not recall for sure. Maybe I am getting old and senile ?

you're right, but for whatever reason, she reckoned it was too big a task

She said she would not sell something with the Queens head on a stamp or something.

"I cannot recall for sure. Maybe I am getting old and senile ?" possibly -):

Thatcher actually said something like "selling the RM off was a step to far"

I asked this of someone else on another thread Cynic, Have you considered dropping dead at all lately?

tell me stan, have you ever thought of making other than ignorant comment?

perhaps you feel vulnerable or inadequate because you cannot answer some fairly basic questions raised

I refer you again to post 18.

dear oh dear!
that's about as pathetic an answer as it gets
stan the man (or mouse) is clearly totally bereft of any answers let alone an ability to admit ignorance where he has no answers