I know where you're coming from...
P&O are selling, i'm sure you know the bidders... who would you prefer to takeover?
Good question with complex answers. Firstly, is it in our national interest to control our own shipping? It has serious security implication because whomever we use will be responsible for moving men and machinery around the world should the need arise. Do we want Hong Kong or the UAE having a gun to our collective head when they refuse to ship. It should be remembered that after the 1973 War, it was the UAE that was the point nation on using oil as a political weapon. From it we got OPEC which still haunts us today. What's to stop them from doing the same thing with shipping if our relations sour which certainly isn't out of the question. I could write about several other issues, but this is the most important one to me. What ideas do you have?