Osborne is all for renationalisation – solong as the nation isn’t Britain | Aditya Chakrabortty
by Aditya Chakrabortty from on (#R0YX)
What do we get for flogging our nuclear to China and France? 17bn of risk and not much benefit
Steel yourself, for an unlikely source is about to spout a highly unfashionable idea. This week, George Osborne will come out for renationalisation.
You won't hear the N-word from his lips, of course. Nor shall the chancellor go full Corbyn and seize some of the FTSE's crown jewels. Instead, you can expect something far more in keeping with the spirit of 21st-century Britain. The government will indeed put some of our most vital infrastructure under state control - but the states in question will be France and China.
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