'Those who may be angry about the massive rise in the cost of stamps need (as usual) not look any further than the European Union which forced Royal Mail to be part of a privatised EU “market in postal services”.
The effect of this was to allow foreign post offices like Deutsche Post to cherry pick profitable services like business mail, leaving the Royal Mail with the unprofitable services. This was supplemented by a second Directive in 2002.'
Rodney Atkinson.
