Royal Mail not safe under the Tories or under Labour.
May 6, 2009 8:22 AM
Playing politics with our post
The Conservatives are backing the government's position regarding the part- privatisation of the Royal Mail so we have to ask the question "Who can be trusted to take care of our vital services?" (more......
Conservatives and Labour both threaten Royal Mail
Just as many Post Offices were closed under the Conservatives as Labour and now Royal Mail is under serious threat from both parties. But the Liberal Democrats, who have put forward their own proposal for ownership to be shared between the private sector, Royal Mail employees and the government, say they will not back the bill in its current form.
Spokesman John Thurso told the BBC: "This bill does not cover the key issues and in particular, the key issue of the Post Office network - it does not offer the Royal Mail the secure future we would like to see and therefore, we will be voting against it."
Full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8033032.stm
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