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UK to allow foreign states 15% stake in newspapers (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why does it feel like every UK govt.'s response to any struggling public good is "Well, there is a nice man here offering to buy it, and we don't want to spend any money, so he's going to have it".

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Because democracy is a temporary embarrassment to the feudal aristocracy and it is rebuilding feudalism through privatizing ownership of public goods.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 7 points 2 weeks ago

I don't understand the fuss.
When my family's estate was threatened, we sold the eastern farm to that fellow from the club, and it all worked out swimmingly.
This is no different, we just need to pull up our bootstraps, and stop whinging about "chilling effects on journalism".

Now please excuse me, mummy needs a brace of pheasants by lunchtime.