SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
Broadband supply: public money for private ineptitude
The Tories screwed up the energy market by artificially boosting phoney competition with lots of little firms that went bust and had to be bailed out — incredibly, they are now doing the same for broadband, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
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WHEN big corporations supplying critical services exploit their dominant positions, there are two common solutions: from the left, public ownership, and from the centre and right, “more competition.”
The “more competition” plan was tested in energy supply: instead of bringing lower prices and more choice, “more competition” just let a load of spivs cash in while the public was left with a £6 billion-plus bill. Now it looks like the same might be happening in broadband supply.
In energy, the government and the regulator Ofgem were under pressure over the behaviour of the big six energy suppliers. Many felt the top energy firms used their dominance to overcharge customers and generally treat them badly.
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