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One was a national vote, the other is a vote by party members.
I'm sure you can see the difference.
Are you insinuating that the Labour party membership is in fact not the entire population of the UK? Eh?!
Incredible as it may seem, I have evidence to suggest that that is not the case.
Well blow me down! The internet has lied to me.
Labour isn't currently in power; surely they would put 'nationalising energy supply' on their manifesto, to be equivalent.
It depends on if you want them to win the next election or not I guess?
It's not that I'm unsympathetic to the idea of some sort of public provision of energy supply but if you have the cash to borrow to buy up the entire energy generation sector I can find capital projects that will get you much more bang for your buck.
The point of nationalised services isn't to make a profit. Considering that everyone is paying huge amounts more than they used to for power as they're struggling to get by whilst the companies make record profits, I'd be surprised if it wasn't a popular policy.
“move towards a more nationalised public energy supply” sounds like a totally reasonable nothingburger message