TIME TO STOP THIS PROFITEERING

I was astonished at an event organised by the Co-op Party in Manchester on Saturday to hear the vacillations of a Northern MP on the subject of the privatised utilities and public transport.
Having first asserted that railway re-nationalisation was undo-able he later conceded it was in fact a Good Thing - but could somehow be achieved by the back door as long as it was not officially in Labour's manifesto. The question being WHY on earth would you would not promote a policy bound to be a vote-winner in difficult times .
On privatised utilities, he was similarly wavering, conceding too they should never have been privatised and that people might support their return to public ownership.So why not do it?
It seems to me there are probably dozens of Labour MPs who, given the chance, would put their weight behind the radical policies we need to win back the voters. But are seemingly afraid of being dubbed, as he put it " red-blooded socialists" Or, more likely, given a sound ticking-off from those who would prefer hell to freeze over before they return to democratic socialism. Today's revelations in the Indy over the "big six" energy suppliers show exactly why we have to stop their rank profiteering - which means millions will be living in fuel poverty this winter. And bring the whole lot back into public ownership




http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mps-demand-inquiry-into-great-energy-swindle-1809415.html