You could raise a lot of money if you sold the future rights to tax North Sea oil for example. But no the Scots lead government of the anti-English Labour party instead plans to: 1) Sell the right to Tax the English for a crossing they have already more than paid for at Dartford. 2) Sell the English student loan book ( maybe some Welsh and Irish in there somewhere ). 3) Sell the Channel Tunnel rai...
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ManInAShed on 11th Oct 2009 (via atoryblog.blogspot.com)
Eni is ready to sell its Transitgas and TENP pipelines on the market and sell its TAG pipeline to a public entity, Eni Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni said on Thursday (4 February), adding however it will hang on to transport rights in all three assets. Eni, the world's seventh-biggest listed oil company, has been the object of an EU antitrust probe since 2007 over allegations it restricted riva...
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EurActiv on 5th Feb 2010 (via euractiv.com)
It is somewhat apt that a government which is itself way past its 'sell by' date is to abolish the whole concept of a 'sell by' date, thereby eliminating from the political vernacular a must useful term of derision. Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has also announced plans to eliminate the 'display until' date because 'thousands of tonnes of perfectly good food ...
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Cranmer on 9th Jun 2009 (via archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com)
Government plans to sell off publicly owned forests in England are to go out for consultation, but campaigners label them misjudged.
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BBCPolitics on 27th Jan 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Proposals to sell-off large tracts of publicly owned land for housing are announced by the government.
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BBCPolitics on 7th Jun 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
The government should sell the most expensive wines in its colelction to help "make ends meet", a Labour MP says.
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BBCPolitics on 26th Jan 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Today the Government published details of its sell off plans. Gordon Brown's "car boot" sale includes: the Tote, the Dartford Crossing, URENCO (Uranium Enrichment), High Speed 1, British Waterways and much more. And further assets are now earmarked - including...
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CentreRight on 7th Dec 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
Train companies are to be forced to sell passengers the cheapest ticket available, under plans to be unveiled in the Labour manifesto on Monday.
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Telegraph on 10th Apr 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, responding to the Tory-led Government’s plans to sell off England’s forests, commented:
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LabourParty on 27th Jan 2011 (via www2.labour.org.uk)
I speculated the other day about who we were going to sell that aircraft carrier we were building but not intending to operate to. This report from a year ago says that there are longstanding plans to sell it to...
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BloodAndTreasure on 20th Oct 2010 (via bloodandtreasure.typepad.com)