Comment was passed here recently on the Daily Mail and I said, to the surprise of some, that I supply comments to them quite often, but admittedly do not always reproduce them on this site. Here is an example from today, in an article on whether German company DWS which owns Yorkshire Water amongst other things, should be permitted to by bus company Stagecoach:
Tax Research UK director Richard Murphy said: 'Bus services are incredibly important to those who rely on them. If DWS has been involved in dumping sewage in rivers it is not a fit and proper firm to be running buses.'
He added: 'Companies operating critical infrastructure in the UK should not have opaque structures which do not allow us to easily examine their tax and governance. Water companies have claimed massive tax incentives and regulator Ofwat has just allowed it.'
If any Mail reader gets to think a bit more as a result that has to be worth it.
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Imagine where nationalisations took place as a result of manifesto commitments from the party that won an election.
Any commentator arguing it should go ahead after this would be pretty soft.
How could a Committee of political appointees with their chequered histories pass a set of ‘fit and proper’ tests based on this new principle of law avoidance. Law avoidance being breaking laws I don’t agree with while not breaking the law.
I am not wholly sure I follow your argument
It’s incredible to contemplate European companies using the UK to get around EU standards to make more profits and behave irresponsibly.
England – a dumping ground ground and open season for the worst corporate behaviour – just like Remain warned it would be.
The UK has long been called Treasure Island by foreign infrastructure providers. Say no more.