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  You are correct that this is a matter of philosophy, from the left.....
  
  I do indeed have an inbuilt distrust of nationalised industry because of practical, not philisophical, factors and you indeed have highlighted the practical side of the argument.
  
  I accept that the State does have a role in the provision of core public services, military, police, health, education being the major examples. That is not to say that the private sector dont have a role in the delivery of these services. Many of our better schools and hospitals for instance are privately run and I would like to see access to this private provision opened up to more people and not restricted to the rich. Doing so can also help generate improved services and greater private provision.
  
  I would opnly draw the line over the military and police though in each case there is a fringe role for free enterprise, private security guards for instance.
  
  So you see I do accept the philosophical need for state involvement in core services, so mine is not a philisophical issue.

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