Royal Mail takeover continues – Renationalise now!

[TrueBlueTerrier]

https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/artic ... alise-now/



The takeover of Royal Mail by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky continues apace. The effects of privatisation on the postal service have been a disaster for customers and workers. The Universal Service Obligation is under threat, and workers’ pay and conditions are constantly under threat from shareholders squeezing profits out of the service.

Keir Starmer’s Labour government could block this sale and renationalise Royal Mail immediately, as is Labour Party policy! We have covered this in previous articles in the Socialist, including ‘No to a billionaire takeover – Renationalise Royal Mail!’ and ‘Royal Mail – what are the unions paying Labour for?’.

Kretinsky has offered to respect the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) demand for no compulsory redundancies, but at the time of writing only until 2025! Union action fought back against attacks on pay and victimisation of reps during the strikewave, and can defeat attempts to run the service into the ground again.

But how much stronger would CWU members be if there was a mass workers’ party in Parliament that represented their interests, and when motions call for Royal Mail to be renationalised, they actually fight for that!

[milly]

Thankfully, Labour are now in power, I'm sure they've got our backs.

[tramssirhc]

Yet another attack on an individual's nationality. Nowt but little Englander racism. This employer has owners from all over the world. The socialist party are doing nothing to force the CWU to stand up for it's members. Nowt fir the working class here.

[Tman]

Even Starmer is not stupid enough to renationalise a dying business...is he?
Maybe in the next "Six pillars of wisdom great reset six milestones" speech he'll mention something if it sits well with the PLP.

[NWpostie]

Yet another attack on an individual's nationality. Nowt but little Englander racism. This employer has owners from all over the world. The socialist party are doing nothing to force the CWU to stand up for it's members. Nowt fir the working class here.

What are you taking ?

His nationality is not the issue here, his personal integrity is in question here.

[tramssirhc]

Yet another attack on an individual's nationality. Nowt but little Englander racism. This employer has owners from all over the world. The socialist party are doing nothing to force the CWU to stand up for it's members. Nowt fir the working class here.

What are you taking ?

His nationality is not the issue here, his personal integrity is in question here.

Personal integrity? Seriously? What's that got to do with it

[NWpostie]

Yet another attack on an individual's nationality. Nowt but little Englander racism. This employer has owners from all over the world. The socialist party are doing nothing to force the CWU to stand up for it's members. Nowt fir the working class here.

What are you taking ?

His nationality is not the issue here, his personal integrity is in question here.

Personal integrity? Seriously? What's that got to do with it

Where was his race mentioned adversely?

[tramssirhc]

'czech national'. It's dog whistle racism. What any capitalists nationality is, is irrelevant. Lazy nasty othering.

[NWpostie]

'czech national'. It's dog whistle racism. What any capitalists nationality is, is irrelevant. Lazy nasty othering.

Really ? He is a Czech national that's an inescapable fact, no derogatory terms is attached to the nationality.

If anyone is dog whistling, It's you.

[tramssirhc]

'czech national'. It's dog whistle racism. What any capitalists nationality is, is irrelevant. Lazy nasty othering.

Really ? He is a Czech national that's an inescapable fact, no derogatory terms is attached to the nationality.

If anyone is dog whistling, It's you.

There's absolutely no justification for using a person nationality in this context. It's dog whistling nationalism. People like you are facilitating the far right with this nonsense.

[NWpostie]

'czech national'. It's dog whistle racism. What any capitalists nationality is, is irrelevant. Lazy nasty othering.

Really ? He is a Czech national that's an inescapable fact, no derogatory terms is attached to the nationality.

If anyone is dog whistling, It's you.

There's absolutely no justification for using a person nationality in this context. It's dog whistling nationalism. People like you are facilitating the far right with this nonsense.

You're being silly and looking ridiculous by the day, sure you're not ZX135 with a new user name ?

Looking for racism where there is none.

[milly]

'czech national'. It's dog whistle racism. What any capitalists nationality is, is irrelevant. Lazy nasty othering.

Really ? He is a Czech national that's an inescapable fact, no derogatory terms is attached to the nationality.

If anyone is dog whistling, It's you.

There's absolutely no justification for using a person nationality in this context. It's dog whistling nationalism. People like you are facilitating the far right with this nonsense.

Since when has it been racist to call a Czech national a Czech national?
Sounds like far left lunacy to deny factual statements.

[Tman]

The press and the media refer to him as a "Czech national" on a regular basis so clearly they're all dog-whistlers too.
If he was from Aberdeen and thus described as "Scottish" would that be another example of egregious racism too?

[Hyrrokkin]

'czech national'. It's dog whistle racism. What any capitalists nationality is, is irrelevant. Lazy nasty othering.

Really ? He is a Czech national that's an inescapable fact, no derogatory terms is attached to the nationality.

If anyone is dog whistling, It's you.

There's absolutely no justification for using a person nationality in this context. It's dog whistling nationalism. People like you are facilitating the far right with this nonsense.

Get over yourself - we all get you are the champion of diversity and virtue signalling so give it a rest