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The speaker is arguing that earlier privatizations associated with the Conservatives harmed the people who use those services. The phrase "losing out" and "getting a raw deal" suggests he believes users ended up worse off than they should have been.
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About Chuka Umunna
British businessman and former politician
Chuka Umunna is a British businessman and former politician. Born in 1978, he served as the Labour MP for Streatham from 2010 to 2019 and was a member of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. He is known for his role in British politics during a period of party change and realignment. In 2019 he left Labour to help form The Independent Group, later Change UK, then moved on to the Liberal Democrats after a brief period as an independent MP. He was not re-elected in the 2019 general election and did not return to the House of Commons.
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