A few years ago, the idea of disposing of the Royal Mail to the highest bidder in some foreign country, would have seemed grotesque. Not in modern Britain though.
47 thoughts on “Selling Britain’s Royal Mail to a foreign millionaire from eastern Europe”
Isn't this just the end result of Thatcherism: sell off everything worth flogging. Nobody in loser Britain has any money, so of course public assets have to be hawked off to foreign oligarchs.
I've heard of whinging poms, but you are truly the prince of grevience. Get a life. I think you need either a lover or a garden. Why do depressives and pessimists always seek to ruin everyone else's day?
Proof, if needed that tells us all there is little or no difference between the ideologies of the Tory and Labour parties. The popular word is "Uniparty".
Talk about ripping the foundations of the country out from under it. The mail service serves as the last remaining glue to hold the country together in the event of a devastating catastrophe like a nuclear war – which Commissar Starmers seems hell bent on starting with Russia. When all else lies in ruins we should be able to count on the postal service to keep lines of communications across the country and indeed the world open when technology fails.
So not only have we dismantled Britain's industrial sector and . means of producing its own steel, we're fast handing over our food supply to foreign countries and now our last means of communications.
The UK is like a sitting duck with already hordes of its enemies within its borders. God help the British.
The Royal Mail can trace its history back to 1516, when Henry VIII established a "Master of the Posts" a position that was renamed "Postmaster General" in 1710.
Upon his accession to the throne of England at the Union of the Crowns in 1603, James VI moved his court to London. One of his first acts from London was to establish the royal postal service between London and Edinburgh. Another piece of British culture disappears.
From the royal family down YOU HAVE BEEN SOLD OUT AS THE ESTABLISHMENT SELLS YOU OFF to pay for hundreds of thousands poring in who cost you 🤔 its a friendly way to break the nation financially
Let's get together and abolish capitalism. "Then what?" Well, how much can a postal worker earn: forty, fifty, seventy something a year in a common currency? Fair enough, then how much can a doctor make as a fair wage? Somebody who went to university and has what it takes to be a doctor via a free education; Let's set a cap here for all trades at a hundred grand of some currency. Being fresh out of free medical school with a 95-point or higher grade, such a student can now afford to continue with their education, to perhaps become a surgeon on their own dime. Students who fail to reach the 95 average can perhaps, depending on their marks, be given a request to join the Paramedics, with a 10% drop in pay. Then, as a species, we vote upon a set wage in every field, and then we adjust the price of goods and services through elections to make sure the lowest paid among us can survive. This I give not to a democracy. The wage gap between the dumbest most unholy fool and the greatest scientist or heerleader or public official, pro hockey player, musician, steel worker, or business owner, can never exceed a 20 % gap between the rich and the poor.
given the fact that my local sorting office and post people struggle to deliver to my address and seem to prioritise diversity over numeracy or literary I won't shed a tear
Royal Mail and the Post Office are separate entities. I would also not describe a respected lawyer and successful businessman as "unscrupulous". What would he do if he heard that description do you think? Highly defamatory, Royal Mail was sold off in 2013 under a Conservative-led government. The Post Office is still government-owned. As the old man said, he is not an expert on "economics or high finance":. Or anything else, really.
Selling the Royal Mail to a foreign buyer will be a huge mistake. Like selling Water and Gas and Electricity has been. Like selling Care Homes to Hedge Funds has been. See the disastrous ship they have turned Thames Water into. Before long there could be Legionnaires disease. Foreign buyers have one prime objective : Asset stripping, and adding to their own wealth. No, they have no regard for the British public. Nor do some of the materialistic politicians.
These govt ministers are like snakes! They hate England! If they could sell air they would sell it! Maybe they are getting favours for doing so! England is only by name now, all the assets were and are being sold to foreigners; who hate England. Foreigners see profits and these government ministers see money! They have stripped the country only the carcass is left. They treat The UK like a dead body! There was a case in New York [ I think], where a young fit athlete died. He was buried but they had to exhume the body. But what they found in the coffin was unbelievable! A few bones and white plastic tubing; they had removed his heart, lungs, veins, bones, kidneys, spleen stomach they sold all that could be sold! That’s what they are doing to the UK!
We do pay for using the post office, cost of postage etc, it is not free. Neither are other institutions, they are mainly funded by tax indirect or direct. Prescription's for medicines is a NHS tax, the TV licence is anther tax to fund the BBC, which we are still bullied to pay.
Atmosphere and morale within r.mail is shit,most night staff are trying to bail out onto easier early/late shifts,manual handling workload has jumped and that's for people employed as drivers,as from june 2024 runs were changed and most duties get half the drives out and new staff wages are 40% lower,if they take a job…..just like the UK,this place is also on a downward spiral….all a part of the greater plan,eh!
Even our housing is sold to overseas buyers, so the housing market for UK buyers shrinks, house prices rocket, and all the foreign owned properties are rented out at extortionate prices. Our governments are literally selling off our country.
As with everything this is a land deal. many sorting offices are on prime edge of town property. Close down sell to developers, sell the business to DHL or something. Take millions back to czechia. Job done.
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Isn't this just the end result of Thatcherism: sell off everything worth flogging. Nobody in loser Britain has any money, so of course public assets have to be hawked off to foreign oligarchs.
What could possibly go wrong?
I've heard of whinging poms, but you are truly the prince of grevience. Get a life. I think you need either a lover or a garden. Why do depressives and pessimists always seek to ruin everyone else's day?
That will be the last time I use it then .
It won't be the royal mail
The toecutters are in.
John Stonehouse was our best ever PMG
First class stamp in 2000: 26p. First class stamp 2024: £1.65.
I'm not with you on this Simon – it may have been a great service back in the day but it had unlimited funding.
I deal with Royal Mail regularly and i like the people, but times have changed, and they've struggled to modernize quickly enough.
I yhought the royal mail sold out years ago to either a Bangladesh or Pakistan companies or a joint plc or whatever they call it .
He is buying the buildings
Proof, if needed that tells us all there is little or no difference between the ideologies of the Tory and Labour parties. The popular word is "Uniparty".
Britain has Sold Out!
How can the Royal status be sold with this pretext, just another nail in Great Britain's coffin
Labour are asset stripping the country to accommodate when we have to rely on the WEF .
At least it will be better than if it was owned by most modern British or west european millionaires
It should never have been privatised in the first place.
Talk about ripping the foundations of the country out from under it.
The mail service serves as the last remaining glue to hold the country together in the event of a devastating catastrophe like a nuclear war – which Commissar Starmers seems hell bent on starting with Russia. When all else lies in ruins we should be able to count on the postal service to keep lines of communications across the country and indeed the world open when technology fails.
So not only have we dismantled Britain's industrial sector and . means of producing its own steel, we're fast handing over our food supply to foreign countries and now our last means of communications.
The UK is like a sitting duck with already hordes of its enemies within its borders. God help the British.
The Royal Mail can trace its history back to 1516, when Henry VIII established a "Master of the Posts" a position that was renamed "Postmaster General" in 1710.
Upon his accession to the throne of England at the Union of the Crowns in 1603, James VI moved his court to London. One of his first acts from London was to establish the royal postal service between London and Edinburgh.
Another piece of British culture disappears.
From the royal family down YOU HAVE BEEN SOLD OUT AS THE ESTABLISHMENT SELLS YOU OFF to pay for hundreds of thousands poring in who cost you 🤔 its a friendly way to break the nation financially
Aren't the post masters supposed to control the world??
It's Labour so a scam is involved somewhere. Probably freebies. NHS next..
Let's get together and abolish capitalism. "Then what?"
Well, how much can a postal worker earn: forty, fifty, seventy something a year in a common currency? Fair enough, then how much can a doctor make as a fair wage? Somebody who went to university and has what it takes to be a doctor via a free education; Let's set a cap here for all trades at a hundred grand of some currency.
Being fresh out of free medical school with a 95-point or higher grade, such a student can now afford to continue with their education, to perhaps become a surgeon on their own dime. Students who fail to reach the 95 average can perhaps, depending on their marks, be given a request to join the Paramedics, with a 10% drop in pay. Then, as a species, we vote upon a set wage in every field, and then we adjust the price of goods and services through elections to make sure the lowest paid among us can survive.
This I give not to a democracy. The wage gap between the dumbest most unholy fool and the greatest scientist or heerleader or public official, pro hockey player, musician, steel worker, or business owner, can never exceed a 20 % gap between the rich and the poor.
And slowly every ounce of British Backbone was gnawed at by the Hyenas
I bet Starmer will get a big backhander. And some new suits.
Keep going on about sub postmasters let the new owners pay them.meanwhile await my letter bundle that comes randomly
given the fact that my local sorting office and post people struggle to deliver to my address and seem to prioritise diversity over numeracy or literary I won't shed a tear
Privatisation was fraud by false representation, failing to disclose information & abuse of position.
Sold own property – never explained new fiduciary duty to screw us for maximum profit – not give us cheapest water, gas, electricity, train service,,
Fines also passed on to us – people lack critical thinking ability.
Royal Mail and the Post Office are separate entities. I would also not describe a respected lawyer and successful businessman as "unscrupulous". What would he do if he heard that description do you think? Highly defamatory, Royal Mail was sold off in 2013 under a Conservative-led government. The Post Office is still government-owned. As the old man said, he is not an expert on "economics or high finance":. Or anything else, really.
Selling the Royal Mail to a foreign buyer will be a huge mistake. Like selling Water and Gas and Electricity has been. Like selling Care Homes to Hedge Funds has been. See the disastrous ship they have turned Thames Water into. Before long there could be Legionnaires disease. Foreign buyers have one prime objective : Asset stripping, and adding to their own wealth. No, they have no regard for the British public. Nor do some of the materialistic politicians.
Im tired of foreign companies coming into nations and buying legendary companies. Globalism needs to be stopped.
Starmer already knows that he’s bleeding money and it can’t continue. This won’t work as his basic policies are rubbish.
I miss the Queen; she actually had a backbone 😢
These govt ministers are like snakes! They hate England!
If they could sell air they would sell it! Maybe they are getting favours for doing so! England is only by name now, all the assets were and are being sold to foreigners; who hate England. Foreigners see profits and these government ministers see money! They have stripped the country only the carcass is left.
They treat The UK like a dead body! There was a case in New York [ I think], where a young fit athlete died. He was buried but they had to exhume the body. But what they found in the coffin was unbelievable! A few bones and white plastic tubing; they had removed his heart, lungs, veins, bones, kidneys, spleen stomach they sold all that could be sold!
That’s what they are doing to the UK!
I remember two posts a day
We do pay for using the post office, cost of postage etc, it is not free. Neither are other institutions, they are mainly funded by tax indirect or direct. Prescription's for medicines is a NHS tax, the TV licence is anther tax to fund the BBC, which we are still bullied to pay.
Yes simon, 30 years ago you could set your clock when our post ,quarter to 7 every morning, and second post at twelve thirty.
Sit around and wait to be arrested one by one
Great job
Sell it off then give money raised by it to some foreign country that hates us good idea idiots
Seems all services and infrastructure is regressing, from Roading and Banks to the NHS, all are now awful.
Atmosphere and morale within r.mail is shit,most night staff are trying to bail out onto easier early/late shifts,manual handling workload has jumped and that's for people employed as drivers,as from june 2024 runs were changed and most duties get half the drives out and new staff wages are 40% lower,if they take a job…..just like the UK,this place is also on a downward spiral….all a part of the greater plan,eh!
Nothing is going to be owned by the British at this rate. What a state for a country to be in.
Even our housing is sold to overseas buyers, so the housing market for UK buyers shrinks, house prices rocket, and all the foreign owned properties are rented out at extortionate prices. Our governments are literally selling off our country.
As with everything this is a land deal. many sorting offices are on prime edge of town property. Close down sell to developers, sell the business to DHL or something. Take millions back to czechia. Job done.
Time for an "Early Life Czech"….
Another little bit of Britain vanishes,.