Unsurprisingly, I am again inspired by government talk of privatization. I shouldn't complain about this government specifically. My gut instinct is that the last government was worse on this matter and the government prior perhaps worse still. But it proves something: retaining state ownership of firms and, thus, putting politicians directly in charge of business, leads directly to question: who are they kidding?  >>

So they finally did it. They broke a campaign promise to drive even me over the edge. Not an easy task. I, thanks to hard-learned intense cynicism towards politicians, am the last person to hold politicians to their campaign promises. But even this government, comparably devoted to not offending anyone even at the cost of inaction, finally managed to do it. Not surprisingly, on an issue that could affect me.  >>