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Sort of. From 1919 it was a part of the Royal Air Force. In 1936 it split, with services to the Royal Navy being provided by their own service From 1990 it became an executive agency* of the Ministry of Defence, but more recently it's sponsor became the Department for Business, Energy &...

But as another Tory, that wouldn't be any more desirable than the contemptible Johnson winning it. .

Of course, as I've always maintained in here, Blair was a pseudo Tory. He even created that disastrous arch Tory measure, PFI, which the Tories enthusiastically endorsed later. .

Not a fair comparison since the private sector is selective, depriving the public sector at the same time as advantaging themselves. The "cream off the top" principle. There are well managed and badly managed of both. The National Trust one I'm concerned with is well managed by the Forestry...

No, it isn't hate, it's an investment in providing an essential service to all that will pay handsomely in time. You seem to prefer no investment other than that by the rich which makes the rich richer. .

That's really turning the truth upside down! France has a far better rail system because it is a nationalised. That is also a world wide truth, the best rail systems are invariably nationalised ones, the worst the private ones. As I implied before, you are using our inability to govern well...

Not so much low as zero, now Farage has sabotaged the GE by only opposing Labour's possibilities. .

Self inflicted damage, through blindly believing all the anti-Corbyn propaganda. Without that brainwashing of the sheep there wouldn't have been that damage. .

Once again an argument based on our potential incompetence, incompetence that doesn't have to exist. There's a simple choice, we can have services provided by ourselves, i.e. the government, at the cost of the services. Or we can have services provided privately at the cost of services, plus...

A good argument for abandonning Brexit. .

And there we have the nub of it, most attacking simply because Corbyn suggested it. None of you have any idea of what government under Corbyn will be like, you've all just soaked up the anti-Corbyn propaganda, believing it all instead of really thinking. If you really did think about this...

Only on paper as the assumed rate. Contention is the problem when lots people go online at once in a low megabit zone. I've seen video dropout on 60 plus megabit service. No-one gets an individual service from an ISP, we are all in shared zones, the number sharing in each zone according to...

Different argument, you said 10 megabits was enough for the masses, aka the poor. It isn't. .

As did we all, but it's nothing like enough for today's web with much higher software loads. My earliest website was installed via a 52K modem, but it's blighted by its tiny low quality images. But perhaps you think having a website or only accessing the better quality websites is only for...

Exactly, not an intrinsic problem of a free service, just the intrinsic problem of right wing Tory governance not giving a damn about the masses, spending on and ruling for their wealthy own. .

No it isn't, streaming TV etc often hits problems at far above that nominal speed, especially when the traffic in an area is high. And what about working from home via the internet, both personal and commercial use. .

We cycle, ride animals and walk on the roads free of charge. .

We get these same arguments against any government provisions, but they are often essential for an equitable society. Do you really think it wrong that we have the NHS? I remember how bad private medecine was before it and have seen the huge improvements since getting it, giving the lie to...

The Tories and LibDems are completely wrong, Jeremy Corbyn's intention to give free superspeed speed broadband to everyone is one of the most sensible government policies ever announced in many years. Free communication has been the policy of every national and local government Britain has had...

That's me and lots of my neighbours. I bought a cheap mobile phone for use in my car for emergencies and at the same time got four PAYG sim cards for the networks, but none of then have a usable signal here. Occasionally I get one bar up, but it drops out when I attempt to use it. For the...