SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY CONDEMN'S ROYAL MAIL PART-PRIVATISATION.

SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY CONDEMN'S ROYAL MAIL PART-PRIVATISATION.

FEARS OVER SERVICE RUN-DOWN AND JOB LOSSES.

SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has condemned UK Government plans to part-privatise Royal Mail.

Mr Weir said:

”Normally with these statements we complain that the devil is in the detail, but in this case there is just no detail.

”What is clear is that it makes no sense at all, at a time when the UK Government have been forced to effectively nationalise the banks, to be proposing the part-privatisation of Royal Mail.

“This statement is deeply worrying to everyone who has the interests of Royal Mail at heart.

“It is clear that Labour are prepared to go where not even Mrs Thatcher dared, and privatise large parts of Royal Mail.

“Whatever assurances are now being offered, this will inevitably lead to a run down of the service and substantial job losses. ”This is not the way to guarantee a Royal Mail fit for the 21^st Century. What is needed is a clear commitment that Royal Mail will receive the investment that it desperately needs.”