Polls
shows support for public ownership of utilities, as Corbyn and May go
into battle over the economy
Voters
in the UK want the government to take a more socialist approach to
economic policy by renationalising railways and utilities, while
creating a wage cap for top earners, according to a new survey.
The
report, published by the Legatum Institute, a centre-right think
tank, shows that the views of the public on the economy are more in
tune with Labour's policies than the Conservatives, in what The Times
called a “warning” to the Tories on the eve of their party
conference in Manchester.
According
to the figures, 83% of British voters would prefer public ownership
of water companies over privatisation, while 77% want to
re-nationalise electricity and gas companies and 76% want the
railways back under state control.
The
news comes after a week of back-and-forth between Theresa May and
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn regarding economic policy. On Tuesday,
the Labour leader attacked Britain’s “failed model of
capitalism” and presented the Labour party as a government in
waiting. Yesterday May hit back, hailing capitalism as the “greatest
agent of collective human progress ever created”.
Although
Corbyn remains personally unpopular, opinion appears to be siding
with his policies. "The ground is shifting", says
The Daily Telegraph, while the New Statesman declares: “After
decades in which the market has held sway, voters are ready to summon
Leviathan from the depths.”
Partly,
says City AM, that's because socialism is no longer feared in the way
it once was. “Many have disassociated the tragic and disastrous
consequences of communist states from the socialist ideology which
underpinned them,” it says. “Theresa May has finally
spoken up for capitalism, wealth creation, enterprise and
competition. But given the state of public opinion, it may too little
– too late.”
Source:
http://www.theweek.co.uk/88724/uk-voters-favour-socialism-over-capitalism
Source:
http://www.theweek.co.uk/88724/uk-voters-favour-socialism-over-capitalism
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