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Fibdemologists Trilogy: The Post "Labour is Making a Courageous Effort" Bill Newton Dunn, LibDem MEP
April 18th 2007, Meeting of the ALDE group (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe). Seeking to "unravel the myths" on the EU’s demand for postal liberalisation by 2009. Hosted by the Swedish MEP Ollie Schmidt. Co-host was Bill Newton Dunn MEP, Lib Dem East Midlands (90 minutes late).
Eventually BND roused himself to state that: "The UK Post office was overmanned and loss making. Thatcher could not privatise it as it was such a disaster. New Labour is making a courageous effort to privatise it to prevent it dying from inefficiency".
So, let's summarise:
- British Lib Dem MEPs voted for all the privatisation directives, Labour MEPs voted on principle against;
- Ming Campbell's first decisive moment as leader was to push through policy of complete Post Office privatisation;
- Lib Dems don't back community Post Office campaigns. In fact one Councillor sneered at those who saved a Post Office by determined community action and said "I bet you a pint it's closed in two years". Well it's not. Mine's bitter.
- Lib Dems in Europe think: "Labour is making a courageous effort to save the Post Office."
- Shock Horror: Lib Dems are fibbing hypocrites on Post.
Don't forget to check the Focus confetti for all this tomorrow will you?
3 comments:
Instead of trying to score points off each other.
How about trying to save 000's of jobs in Royal Mail whos trouble was brought upon us by the incompetence of the government.
Well I agree Postman. You'll find me out collecting signatures and doing research whenever a Post Office is threatened.
But I cannot abide hypocrisy and lies from the Lib Dems. Can you?
They voted the legislation in. Their policy is far worse. They do not get off their fat arses - yes you Cllr John Grant - and instead jeer at community campaigns. And of course they lie about closures.
I didn't know Miles the sock puppet was a Postman too. Thought he was a journalist.
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