ROYAL MAIL.

It's a lot more complicated than that.

EU legislation has 'forced' governments to open up their postal services to competition. The argument being the customer has been getting a poor service from the monopolistic postal sectors. As from 2011 postal monopolies will be banned.

When you look at the UK, the service is not getting better (or doesn't appear to be) yet prices are continually rising above the rate of inflation. Customers, who use the postal services might favour some competition, if it can improve the service and stabilise, or reduce, the costs.

bazzar-as a taxpayer I want my postage costs minimised. To pay more than necessary would be disgusting.

With UK MAIL, the charge to the customer is exactly the same, but the ROYAL MAIL employees deliver their mail and the cost to UK MAIL is charged at a less rate by ROYAL MAIL, as regards the EU directive, we do not take any noyice of the directive which says all weights and measure must be METRIC, particularly in the case of the horseracing taking place today, each horse runs under stones and pounds and over distances of miles and furlongs, yet at least one man has been fined for selling his fruit and vegetables under the imperial system, one law for the rich and powerful, another law for the poor.

The majority of rises have occurred under Crozier and his cronies, all to cause unrest and anger amongst ROYAL MAILS customers, they have been deliberately employed to cause problems, by this dishonest government.

royal mail have their hands tied and like it that way
the fly by night management knwo they are in for a big bonus if they destrpy the service for sell off...ordered by the government.

they want the pensions deficit off their hands

germany and france told the eu a demonopolisation would hit jobs hard and they told them they would not go full steam ahead like we did.

yet we decide to not join the euro..

it smells dodgy