jumpstart Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Express: Eurostar on BRINK: Desperate Macron urgently sends minister to beg UK for bailout cash. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1387684/eurostar-news-france-uk-government-bailout-talks-covid-travel-advice-latest-update Macron tries to be nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 jumpstart - 2021-01-22 4:45 PM Express: Eurostar on BRINK: Desperate Macron urgently sends minister to beg UK for bailout cash. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1387684/eurostar-news-france-uk-government-bailout-talks-covid-travel-advice-latest-update Macron tries to be nice... It's in private hands in UK now - maybe we could lend them some money ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 malc d - 2021-01-22 4:55 PM jumpstart - 2021-01-22 4:45 PM Express: Eurostar on BRINK: Desperate Macron urgently sends minister to beg UK for bailout cash. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1387684/eurostar-news-france-uk-government-bailout-talks-covid-travel-advice-latest-update Macron tries to be nice... It's in private hands in UK now - maybe we could lend them some money ? Why not...we seem to have a lot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 malc d - 2021-01-22 4:55 PM jumpstart - 2021-01-22 4:45 PM Express: Eurostar on BRINK: Desperate Macron urgently sends minister to beg UK for bailout cash. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1387684/eurostar-news-france-uk-government-bailout-talks-covid-travel-advice-latest-update Macron tries to be nice... It's in private hands in UK now - maybe we could lend them some money ? Apparently UK sold it's 40% share to Canadian private investment companies. Another example of UK "taking back control". *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Bulletguy - 2021-01-22 5:22 PM malc d - 2021-01-22 4:55 PM jumpstart - 2021-01-22 4:45 PM Express: Eurostar on BRINK: Desperate Macron urgently sends minister to beg UK for bailout cash. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1387684/eurostar-news-france-uk-government-bailout-talks-covid-travel-advice-latest-update Macron tries to be nice... It's in private hands in UK now - maybe we could lend them some money ? Apparently UK sold it's 40% share to Canadian private investment companies. Another example of UK "taking back control". *-) Seems like that was a stroke of genius now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 jumpstart - 2021-01-22 5:26 PM Bulletguy - 2021-01-22 5:22 PM malc d - 2021-01-22 4:55 PM jumpstart - 2021-01-22 4:45 PM Express: Eurostar on BRINK: Desperate Macron urgently sends minister to beg UK for bailout cash. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1387684/eurostar-news-france-uk-government-bailout-talks-covid-travel-advice-latest-update Macron tries to be nice... It's in private hands in UK now - maybe we could lend them some money ? Apparently UK sold it's 40% share to Canadian private investment companies. Another example of UK "taking back control". *-) Seems like that was a stroke of genius now. You think so? Take a look much closer to home....in fact at home. The bulk of our railways are owned by French, German and Dutch companies. If they decide to get awkward we are mere spectators living in hope. What would have been 'genius' (though something of a miracle) is if UK had bought back everything they'd sold off to foreign companies....like "taking back control" ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtainRaiser Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 jumpstart - 2021-01-22 5:26 PM Bulletguy - 2021-01-22 5:22 PM malc d - 2021-01-22 4:55 PM jumpstart - 2021-01-22 4:45 PM Express: Eurostar on BRINK: Desperate Macron urgently sends minister to beg UK for bailout cash. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1387684/eurostar-news-france-uk-government-bailout-talks-covid-travel-advice-latest-update Macron tries to be nice... It's in private hands in UK now - maybe we could lend them some money ? Apparently UK sold it's 40% share to Canadian private investment companies. Another example of UK "taking back control". *-) Seems like that was a stroke of genius now. Except we will end up bailing them out, either by loan or equity stake as it will be deemed a important part of national infrastructure. So yet again we sell off an asset, let the shareholders take all the dividends during the good years and then let the taxpayer take on the losses. See also railways, banks/building societies, BHS pensions etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 You fret too much....the next Labour government will just Nationalise it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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