Thw final days before the end of Parliament saw a mad dash by ministers to ram through their Bill for the privatisation of Air Traffic Control services. They did so in the teeth of opposition from their own back-benchers, air traffic control unions, and public opinion - effectively ignoring the views of anyone who does not have a cash incentive to support the sell-off. its future, regardless of the safety and other implicaing the headlines. to the public sector and those who work in it. That's They are flogging off a key service rather than invest in tions, despite the fiasco of rail privatisation still dominatBlair's team are not just weak: they are bitterly hostile why, like Thatcher before them, their answer to almost any question is privatisation. This winter will see the nonsense of millions being siphoned out of the NHS to pay for treatment in private hospitals, which in turn poach vital staff from the NHS! A handful of back-benchers have been brave enough to resist. But the unions and the whole labour movement must step up the fight against Blair's privateers.
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