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Politicians from various parties have condemned news the government plans to sell off its last remaining slice of Royal Mail, announced this week by Chancellor George Osborne as part of a package of austerity measures. The Tories have said they want to privatise the 30 per cent stake it still has... Read more...
In reply to Neill Hall (Squandered billions, The Shetland Times, 28th February) regarding the undervalued sale of Royal Mail, there are indeed many precedences of botched and undervalued "privatisations" from Westminster over the years. (more…) Read more...
I recall a few years ago when our local posties, including myself, took part in a series of national one-day strikes against redundancies, depot closures and the threat of privatisation. One day we were pleased to attract interest from our MP and MSP who visited the Lerwick sorting office for an in... Read more...