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andy.carey@uwclub.net's avatar

After reading this, I'm so tempted to use one of my last few stamps to write to Stornoway Council to tell them their landowners are subsidy junkies living high on the public hog. Or Orkney. Or Pembrokeshire

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Ian J's avatar

It would make sense to use the Post Office branch network for collection of letters in many areas - oh, I forgot - they've been closed down already (where the operators haven't been falsely accused of fraud)

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G Creffield's avatar

Maybe it is ironic but the NHS still does all its comms by post

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Paul Cassidy's avatar

One dysfunctional State institution dedicated to keeping other archaic businesses alive. And don’t forget the fax machines and pagers.

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Paul Cassidy's avatar

The “solution” the unions, and probably 90% of the public, would want is not to right size the business ultimately to extinction but to nationalise it so that the huge losses are socialised and become largely invisible to their new taxpayer shareholders. Ditto what’s left of the steel industry. New British Leylands for the middle of the 21st century. Plus ca change…..

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