A thing I feel I should know

[slemslempike]

The phrase "UK PLC". At first I thought it was a way of moaning about the way the country is run like a business instead of a country (sort of like people saying Bliar instead of Blair), and then I got the impression that UK PLC was an actual thing, like the business arm of the UK, and now I am just confused. It's not a real thing, is it? Googling says that UK PLC is a company that specialises in web domains. I would like to know what people mean when they say it, and also the sort of people that do say it so I can form ill-judged opinions more readily.

Comments

[peeeeeeet.livejournal.com]

Yeah I would concur with what other peeps are saying. Now you've got me wondering how appropriate it is - can a nation be "limited liability"? Could shareholders in it lose more than their original stake? I suppose so, but it depends on how you define a shareholder. If it's merely an aggregate of all shareholders then fair enough. But I tend to think of it as describing Britain being run as a business, so it would include public spending and revenue as well...

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Could shareholders in it lose more than their original stake?

In that one's original stake is life, to be born in this country (well, most investors/ citizens are), and living under Tory government can be a fate worse than death: yes.