Sunday, January 31, 2010

The SNP Government has to be absolutely clear, Scottish Water is never going to be sold into private hands, 'it's Scotland's water'















Dear All

There are some things so sacred politically that you just don’t commit sacrilege against them.

Public ownership of water is one such sacred object.

If the SNP Government was to privatise Scottish Water, it would be akin to spitting in the face of each and every citizen of Scotland.

Big business of course would like to see the Scottish Government privatised it completely, they are interested in profit and with a captured market you can see why.

Luckily, Alex Salmond sees how strong the feeling on this issue is and has said that all of the options being considered for Scottish Water would see it remain in public ownership.

Anything else is unacceptable, not just politically but morally as well.

The Tories have no sense of the importance of Scottish Water to the people, Derek Brownlee, tip as a replacement to Annabel Goldie said;

“Conservatives are in no doubt that Scottish Water should be taken out of state control”.

And these people wonder why they are despised in Scotland.

Can we have a situation in a forthcoming independent Scotland, that our water is owned by a foreign company?

No, we can not.

Its Scotland’s oil is an SNP slogan of the past, well it’s Scotland’s water.

And not for sale at any price.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

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