"Free Competition" genre: Acoustic
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	A song about the artificial privatisation of natural monopolies
	CD: Now That the Empire's Over   Label: to be released Credits: Phil Davies, copyright 2003
	Story Behind the Song Written as the Conservative government was launching its disastrous privatisation of Britain's railways. "Crypto-communist" was Margaret Thatcher's insult to Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock for opposing the privatisations. Lyrics FREE COMPETITION Millions of souls deluded that the rain was free And there was lots of good drinking water to make your tea And then one day they made a new law You had to have ten water pipes leading to your door Free competition, it's the name of the game Free competition for electricity I got ten consumer units, one for each company And when I get home on a winter's night I check the closing shares before I turn on the light Free competition, it's the name of the game Free competition between my telephones The blue one for my baby, the red one to ring Mrs. Jones Free competition, bulldozers start to roll They're laying ten gas pipes in parallel along the road Free competition in the railways will be nice So bye-bye buy British Rail at a knockdown price (knockdown, knockdown) So they knocked down all the factories and the houses too To build three new railway stations next to Waterloo Free competition, it's the name of the game Free competition every time it rains Freedom for little raindrops to have their choice of private drains Free competition, bulldozers start to roll Millions of souls deluded that things are all under control Millions of souls deluded that the earth was round And we'd better take good care of this sacred ground And then they decided that the earth was flat And only a crypto-communist could disagree with that Free competition, it's the name of the game

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