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The ongoing failure of privatisation

The recent controversy over train timetabling and the returning of East Coast to public ownership has thrown the entire concept of privatisation into doubt, with the majority of Britons now in favour of the renationalisation of a variety of industries from rail to water companies.

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Will History Remember the “Ding Dong!” Over Margaret Thatcher?

After much controversy, the BBC last night played a seven second clip of Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead on its traditional Sunday night music chart show. The song had been the subject of an internet campaign to get it to number one on the British charts as a “celebration” of the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

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