> Which is fine if resources were infinite or distribution was equal, but neither are true and the private sector will not safe guard the public sphere of the environment.

On top of that there is a part of the private sector which currently benefits tremendously from the imbalance of supply and demand.

Approximately one in five Members of UK Parliament are landlords or have investments in the property market.

So a part of the private sector is ALREADY "doing what it wants to do", and surely supports the political direction in its favor.