Great British
January 14, 2009
There is a risk that Royal Mail will be part privatised and it would appear that the Dutch and German mail operators are the frontrunners to take over part of the business.
Call me nostalgic, old-fashioned but there’s something very English about Royal Mail.
Lord Peter Mandleson says that Royal Mail definitely needs a new partner to invest in the business.
But take a step back from the economic turmoil and look at the nice things that Royal Mail does.
And this week it secured its ture-Brit position by unveiling 10 designs of stamps.
It features Reginald Mitchell’s Spitfire.
Included in the list of design greats is the Spitfire, Mary Quant’s mini-skirt, the London Underground map by Harry Beck and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott bright red telephone kiosk.
The rest of the list is the Penguin book jacket designed by Edward Young, Mini of Sir Alec Issigonis, the Anglepoise lamp by George Carwardine, a Polypropylene Chair, Concorde by Aerospatale-BAC and a Routemaster red bus by AAM Durrant.
If Royal Mail is going to celebrate British-ness it can’t be owned by a foreign country – can it?
