15th of May 2008 - Future Of The Royal Mail

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15th of May 2008

FOR PUBLICATION:

LETTER TO THE EDITOR


Dear Sir,

FUTURE OF THE ROYAL MAIL

Postcomm are to be congratulated for their report that Royal Mail should begin the approach to privatisation. Nobody can deny the improvements in pricing and increases in standards of customer service that have been made by previously nationalised communication services like Telecommunications, Railways and Buses since they were liberated from the clammy hands of the Civil Service.

Royal Mail should also be free to charge more to deliver to the rural wilds of the country. After all, when it is now illegal for bus operators to cross-subsidise their routes so that busy city routes keep costs down in the rural hinterlands, why should I have to pay more for my city centre postal service in order to subsidise deliveries to people selfish enough to live in places like Thurso, Ballachulish or worse?

Sincerely,



John Eoin Douglas