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Originally Posted by jfman

In his defence though, it's perhaps illustrative of how modern Conservatism - post financialisation - varies from its predecessors. The privatisation of the profitable parts of the state (essentially bringing forward profits into a one off windfall) has caused a fundamental rethink of the role and purpose of the state.

Of course the fear now is that Coronavirus shows up that there's certain things the state should do.

What you say has nothing to do with Conservatism in 1963 nor the state of the UK. Privatisation was 20 years away. Andrew normally presents cogent arguments. The dig at the Conservatives was gratitous and contributed nothing to analysis.