RIDING THE ZEITGEIST:

Conservatives float plans for massive privatisation (Melissa Kite, 05 Sep 2009, Daily Telegraph)

A mass sale of public assets by an incoming Conservative government could include large parts of the BBC and Royal Mail, senior party figures have said.

Selling off a range of public bodies would be a "get out of jail card" as the Tories desperately try to balance the books, according to tax lawyer Charlie Elphicke, who has advised the party's economic team.

John Redwood, chair of the Conservatives' economic competitiveness commission, has published proposals on his blog for the sale of Britain's motorway network while Ed Vaizey, the shadow arts minister, last week suggested selling off Radio 1.

Remember how the new Great Depression was going to end capitalism?

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 5, 2009 5:00 PM