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Originally Posted by jfman

OB essentially opposes any intervention, in any area, by the state even in areas that commercially are unable to sustain competition.

All these are areas for companies to cream off profits, lower employment rights and ultimately increase costs for end users (taxpayers).

The TOC's franchising system is a case in point as how many times did the Conservative government have to intervene there with contracts that became unsustainable so the government had to take over those franchises short term.