Gli elementi essenziali della vita in Gran Bretagna sono stati venduti a scopo di lucro, dice Polanski
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/18/basics-of-life-in-britain-have-been-sold-for-profit-says-polanski
di denyer-no1-fan
Gli elementi essenziali della vita in Gran Bretagna sono stati venduti a scopo di lucro, dice Polanski
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/18/basics-of-life-in-britain-have-been-sold-for-profit-says-polanski
di denyer-no1-fan
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“The very basics, the things we rely on to build the foundations of a good life, have been taken out of our hands, sold for profit – and then sold or rented back to us at crushing rates. The water that keeps us alive. The energy that warms us. The home that keeps us safe.”
I love this man.
He’s 100% right, privatisation has been a disaster for public services, agencies charging stupid money being utilised across the board, shareholders being paid millions in dividends, vital national infrastructure owned by foreign billionaires, social housing being sold off and replacements not being built (gotta inflate those house prices, so your mates can charge stupid money with private rental prices).
Quite frankly it’s disgusting. 14 years of tory rule has done, I fear, irreparable damage to this nation. Sadly I believe in the concept of nation states and don’t think all cultures are equal to ours, so I cannot vote for the Green party, not that the “right” wing options are any better, Boriswave for example. Pretty much just fucked across the board tbh.
This is what Polanski is genuinely great at: he speaks to the actual meaningful problems that people are facing at a structural level, moreso than any other political leader in the UK at the moment.
The question remains whether the Green Party will be able to take the next step and come up with workable solutions to these problems. So far it isn’t clear to me either way.
He’s not wrong.
How wonderful it’d be if we could have an economically left wing party without all the extraneous ‘progressive’ social policies and associated lunatics. They’d absolutely clean up in an election.
This is so manifestly true that I’m actually looking forward to seeing how the right wing press try to refute it. Even things as mundane as your kids getting one less fishfinger at lunch because they outsourced school lunches are gradually chipping away at us.
try to think of a single thing you do in life that does not involve paying a foreign owned corporation.
For decades the UK relied on a strong currency to import essentials, but the pound (and the dollar) is being whittled down by successive poor economic choices that benefit the few snd impoverish the many.
He doesn’t have any ideas to fix anything without making things worse. It’s just vibes based populism.
DUH, Brexit pushed that car down the hill n is currently crashing through the economy picking up extra right wi– I mean idio– I mean dumb fck racists along the way
I don’t agree with everything the Greens stand for, in particular their positions on nuclear energy and NATO, but they are the only party putting forward any kind of ambitious, positive vision for the country.
When the only other options are milquetoast Labour, regressive anti-intellectual Reform, and whatever the fuck the Lib Dems are, I expect many will be ticking Green at the next election.
He hit the nail on head. The profiteering for share holders is disgusting. Ordinary people are paying for it.
Yes he is right but it is very easy to say something is shit, the difficult part is coming up with a solution.
I want to hear what his solution to the problem is otherwise its just basically karma farming
Can someone ELI5 the massive uptick for the Greens? I’ve had 2 children recently and am not in the loop with this at all
Having to pay for parking at the hospital is what depressed me recently
It’s been like this since the 80s and getting worse. The market is the biggest lie sold to people. Markets work for some things but not for utilities, healthcare, transport etc.
He’s a great speaker but I just don’t see how he plans to fix any of it.
Saw something similar about how the government should do more to protect people against economy shocks from Iran/US conflict. Literally how my guy, we don’t have the resources to create the fertiliser and I’d hardly imagine the greens wanting to drill in the North Sea? There isn’t capacity yet on solar and wind so what exactly would you do.