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The dismal record for privatization in Britain is the subject of this editorial in The Guardian. Privatisation under prime ministers Thatcher happened for water, train services, telecom, gas, electricity. After three decades one is able to see the results falling way short of what was promised or intended.  The Guardian says owners and politicians have created a mess of a system with shoddy service naked profiteering, and a complete lack of ownership. 

It says that during the rail strike for wages higher than the 3% on offer when inflation is up by 8% in Britain the government has shown a complete lack of ownership of the issues facing the users of public transport and the workers providing the vital service. Yet says The Guardian the government  not only owns the company that owns the tracks, tunnels and signals, but is also the  paymaster for all the train operators.