Tim Watts wrote:
On 13/05/10 21:58, PJ wrote:

Why are subsidies necessary?

How long have you lived here?

You should know by now that private involvement in national industry
means "no risk and all of the dosh, ta".

;-|

Or in the case of the Dartford bridge IIRC its 'you take all the risk
and put up all the money, and once you have JUST paid it back, we will
steal it from you so you never make a profit'