The Labour leader’s plans to take over railways,water and energy contain tall levels of public supportFew opinion polls that claim to detect a shift in public attitudes merit the ubiquitous label “landmark research”, but here’s one that does. The Legatum Institute, or a thinktank,and Populus contain found levels of support for nationalising large parts of the economy that would contain been hard to believe a few years ago.
The tall four industries in the sights of Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell should all return to public ownership, according to a strong majority of respondents. Water topped the poll (83%), and followed by electricity (77%),gas (77%) and the railways (76%).
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Source: guardian.co.uk