[wraymond]

It's a problem of using highly estimable and valued 'national treasures' becoming weaponised for the sake of political dogma. It's currently a huge part of competition between organisations in their manifestos and represents who can give away the most with little conscience for the future. I have a suggestion for the maintenance of these nationalised industries:

An arm's length Department for the safeguarding of quoted shares in nationalised insitutions listed on Footsie. Shares bought and owned only by the State with outside auditing and secondary overarching forensic auditing by government departmental multi-party committee. Gains, tax free, to the Treasury for Chancellors to include as hypothecated subsidies for environmental issues with Listed average payments to investors which avoids the disgraceful virtue signalling epidemic of un-private charity donations for intrinsic gain. Our Security, Health, Transport and other strategic interests could be guaranteed.