"Public ownership can't work" say the tired British commentators while pointing at publicly owned football stadiums in cities with municipally owned water and electricity networks having flown in to municipally owned airports.

"higher taxes can't work" they repeat, able to visit any country neighbouring Britain and see that it has a stronger economy and much higher taxes.

@thomasforth Public ownership in principle should be the right answer but it will require a fundamental overhaul of our senior civil service. It does not look well placed to lead major delivery institutions and is too removed, obfuscating and frustrating those that we elect to lead us.

@thomasforth Tbf people also say this about private ownership - ‘railways are a natural monopoly’ etc. when Japan has probably the best railway system in the world

@thomasforth The issue in the UK is not ownership, it is governance. They frequently do both private and public ownership badly.

@thomasforth I kind of wish West Ham’s stadium was not publicly owned since we are about to be stung further to pay for it.

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