G4S and Serco, beloved of the Conservative Party, are tasked with
delivering public services better and cheaper than the public sector.
What they do manage to deliver is millions of pounds of public money
into private pockets.
The Olympics Fiasco did not prevent the Con-Dem government from blindly pushing ahead with privatisation projects. The Serious Fraud Office has been called in by the justice
secretary to investigate G4S
for overcharging tens of millions of pounds on
electronic tagging contracts for offenders.
This
is unlikely to stop the political elite's love affair with
privatisation but it does expose to the public the disgusting corruption
underlying the privatisation process. Privatisation does not
demonstrate the vitality of capitalism but its rapacious nature. No
political party opposes privatisation. The trade unions do oppose
privatisation. It is no accident that "One Nation Labour" (the heirs of
Disraeli) want to demonise the trade unions.
The
trade unions created the Labour Party but the political elite have
moved a long way from Labour's roots. MPs are too busy being creative
with their expenses to care about the mere working classes. And soon the
political elite will be wallowing in their 11 percent pay rise because
the poor things cannot possibly make ends meet on a mere £65,738.
A party which opposes the whole corrupt capitalist system is long overdue.
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