I don't think he really knows, what he's arguing about.The EU's rules on universal service providers go back well before 2008. These include postal services.
In a much earlier post MTG made a point about utilities/nationalisation. He appeared to be in favour of nationalised (universal service providers) utilities. It was pointed out then that Nationalisation falls foul of EU rules on competition. The Royal Mail was sold off because of the EU, and will not be re-nationalised because of the EU.
