Do we still love Royal Mail?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Royal Mail is more than a commercial brand. It is a relic of imperial glory, a UK institution that, even under assault from e-mail and private competition, connects every home by means of six-day delivery of letters at a standard price.

Yet in spite of the residual affection for it, attitudes to Royal Mail and its future seem confused. According to one poll, two-thirds of people oppose the current strikes. Yet in another, twice as many sympathised with the workers as with the management. Sixty-eight per cent were against privatisation. The poll did not ask them what price in taxes they were prepared to pay to keep it in public hands.

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[DGP1]

Royal Mail doesn't need lots of taxpayers money (of course I wouldn't say no to £34 billion to plug the pension black hole) it just needs a level playing field ie. the DSA companies paying the correct rate of letting them set up their own delivery network (that include the whole of the UK and not just the big cities where it's easy).