Privatisation in the moral maze

Is nationalisation the answer when essential services fail?

Michael Buerk, our navigator through the moral maze

On BBC Radio’s Moral Maze this week, my co-panellists and I discussed whether public services should be run by the state or by private companies.

Thames Water, which serves a quarter of the UK population, is billions of pounds in debt and on the brink of insolvency. The company has received heavy critic…