Nine Out Of Ten Oppose Royal Mail Privatisation

A public opinion poll shows today (Monday) that the vast majority of the public do not want the government to privatise part of Royal Mail.

In a phone poll of people across the UK 75 per cent of those questioned disagreed with privatisation, 33 per cent strongly disagreeing, and this rose to 89 per cent when foreign ownership was mentioned, with 58 per cent strongly disagreeing. Only 6 per cent of those polled were in favour of privatisation and this halved to 3 per cent when sale to a foreign company was mentioned.

Billy Hayes, CWU general secretary, said: “The UK public is overwhelmingly opposed to government plans to privatise part of Royal Mail. This is a deeply unpopular move which would damage a trusted public service.

“We urge the government to take responsible action and respond to the justified concerns of UK citizens who do not want to see this valuable public asset carved up and sold off.”

Dave Ward, deputy general secretary, said: “Royal Mail is a profitable public company with a dedicated workforce and unmatched public trust. Why would you gamble this away on an unpopular and unproven part sell-off?

“A huge majority of the public is against this idea. It’s time MPs listened to their constituents and scrapped this disastrous plan.”

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