tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8875569635230207642..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Is James Purnell Covertly Privatising the DWPIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-70438865928805825092009-02-24T20:16:00.000+00:002009-02-24T20:16:00.000+00:00More of Britain for sale? There will be nothing l...More of Britain for sale? There will be nothing left shortly.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22362420765789284832009-02-24T15:13:00.000+00:002009-02-24T15:13:00.000+00:00The real problem with the way it will be privatise...The real problem with the way it will be privatised is that it will end up as a private monopoly running a State concession. Witness how the Sure Start initiative rapidly moved from local plurality to large monopolistic contracts by faceless corps. Witness how "polyclinics" are large enough to be a de facto monopoly and force out a plurality of GP surgeries.<BR/><BR/>This is the intention. Private companies operating a monopoly do not care much about making the people happy, just about making the Government happy. Their eager little faces pointed towards the State.<BR/><BR/>It is about control. It is about nice contracts, sinecures, consultancies. Influence.<BR/><BR/>It is a breeding ground for corruption.Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591327286533118901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30221876454243117082009-02-24T15:09:00.000+00:002009-02-24T15:09:00.000+00:00I don't think he is.He made no commitment to a rea...I don't think he is.<BR/><BR/>He made no commitment to a real level playing field and the question on public sector pension transfers to the private sector left him rather stumped.Cleaning at Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447704067577896579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35649613126556056362009-02-24T14:57:00.000+00:002009-02-24T14:57:00.000+00:00What we have seen from this Government is little a...What we have seen from this Government is little actual privatisation. Plenty of talk, lots of money but not privatisation.<BR/><BR/>What Purnell preaches is corporatism - unelected and unaccountable bodies to do the State's bidding. The talk of Government is often about <I>stakeholders</I> getting involved in running things, canvasing <I>stakeholders</I> views on trying to change things. These <I>stakeholders</I> are never the taxpayer.<BR/><BR/>Why does a private firm shape our Police force? Why do private firms run much of the back office donkey work of Government's bureaucract utopia?<BR/><BR/>It's not for efficiency. It's not for value for money.(In fact the very opposite as outside firms being brought in operate almost on a blank cheque basis) Like all this Government touches, it has seen a good idea (privatisation) and debased it and perverted it.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11182144080955551878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71284317790895408282009-02-24T14:52:00.000+00:002009-02-24T14:52:00.000+00:00That's what the BBC would say.wv: "bacstake"hmmmThat's what the BBC would say.<BR/><BR/>wv: "bacstake"<BR/>hmmmTwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698620636313191152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65682686251372318922009-02-24T14:16:00.000+00:002009-02-24T14:16:00.000+00:00Labourites follow the doctrine of ''do as I say an...Labourites follow the doctrine of ''do as I say and not as I do.'' I wonder if the hard left socialists of the Labour Party e.g. Dennis Skinner, Andrew Mackinley, Diane Abbot, Jeremy Corbyn and practically everyone that isn't in the Cabinet voluntarily redistribute their large salaries and their covertly acquired expenses.Sixxstring90https://www.blogger.com/profile/05933864523348635275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20849514243037534942009-02-24T14:11:00.000+00:002009-02-24T14:11:00.000+00:00Is announcing the plans on the day when the media/...Is announcing the plans on the day when the media/political types are distracted by the Post Office fuss, a case of "burying bad news" ?IanVisitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856596397401878698noreply@blogger.com