... he
convinced us he would deal effectively with the privatised utilities.
My first three months (and counting) in Scotland
have been blighted by Scottish Power and their equally slimy inept robbing
subcontractors Energy Networks and SGN.
As an ex- npower / ex-BT customer I
thought I’d experienced the worst of what a privatised utility company could
throw at you. I was wrong. Scottish Power, Energy Networks and SGN make npower and BT look
competent and altruistic.
It seems there is a new equation in the universe
that might even fox Einstein -
Profiteering
works in equal and opposite measure to the quality of customer service- to the
power of a billion.
On a daily basis the stress of dealing with the
privatised utilities cuts across the class divide in terms of a concern that
causes common frustration and anger.
In the Public = good / Private = bad debate, we
are missing the fact that, like the political landscape, it’s no longer an
argument between two distinct elements.
Public good / private bad
Potayto / potaaahhto,
tomayto / tomaahto
Let’s
sort the whole thing out…
Politicians like to do the ‘sneer’ thing when
pointing out that the ‘public = good’ while ‘private = bad’ idea is sadly
naive. It is, they seem to suggest, a view possibly only held by the hopelessly
idealistic, baggy-trousered, bandanna-wearing, smelly, veggie, chakra obsessed,
delusional leftie.
They may be right.
Public = good when it is done properly
Private = good when it is genuinely
entrepreneurial
BUT
PRIVATISED = good only for the government’s insatiably
greedy, immoral, profiteering, bloodsucking, tax-avoiding, infrastructure destroying
cronies who are going to fry in hell.
There – that’s better.
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