Why Should We Subsidise Northern Ireland Water?
According to The Times today, the rest of the UK subsidises Northern Ireland Water to the tune of £267 million annually. And they pay no water or sewerage charges in the province.
It also turns out that there is a mutual help agreement between all UK water companies and Northern Ireland Water didn’t use it until several days after it became obvious they were in the mire.
The Times has a very strong leading article criticising the situation and saying that everybody is playing pass-the-parcel with blame. They also say that privatisation is the only solution, but will any government have the guts to impose that sensible solution?
I doubt it, as with a few riots Ulster always says no and gets its way.
Let’s give Ulster with our blessing to Eire! But I forgot, they’re in an even bigger mess!
The Anonymous Widower 
Subsidise the NI water….and bung Irish republic several billion as well….
Is there anything we dont pay for??
Comment by Apricot | January 3, 2011 |
I’ve been to Northern Ireland a couple of times and it’s a strange place. It’s the one place in the world, where I was threatened on a racecourse because I was English. I’ve met a lot of nice people from the province, but all of them were living in England.
Comment by AnonW | January 3, 2011 |
[…] may be partly his fault, but as The Times said yesterday, non-privtisation and the consequent lack of investment is the real cause. […]
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