Nothing is perfect and, yes, sweatshops anywhere are abhorrent. Yet another case of certain groups, again, ignoring UK Laws. Surely the NHS could demand that its suppliers obey the Law?
Also time for everybody to get equal treatment under the Law..... or is that asking too much?
rA please please avid putting Thicky's inane ramblings in quotes, it means i get to read them and frankly I wish I hadn't. The plain facts are, that a lot of the electorate have forgotten most of Johnson's failings, just as they forgot his dodgy dealings, lies and etc. over Brexit. I see Rees-Mogg has today poured scorn on a claim that the Tories policies have a big part to play in the inequality in the north - now will those stupid people who voted for these ****s take umbrage or will they doff their caps and say "aye, t'ut Lord's reet, we proles shouldn't get above our station, think on lad!"?
I think at the time there was a certain amount of panic RA and the government, possibly incorrectly in this case, fell back to using those closest to them.
A similar analogy would be, the country is hit by a hurricane with many properties suffering roof damage, you've had tiles ripped off your roof and despite ringing around, you can't get anyone to answer the phone, never mind give you a quote, so when your brother-in-law says that he's got a mate who's done a bit of roofing, you jump at the chance, as there is rain forecast for tonight.
You could argue that the government should have been able to do better than the brother-in-law's mate, but it's difficult to appreciate the chaos, that was going on behind the scenes at the time.
I’m sorry Ram but that seems a really daft analogy to me.
Of course individuals might clutch at any ‘straw’ in a crisis, but we’re talking here about a major World Government and hundreds of millions of pounds which may have been, coincidentally, misdirected towards friends, family and donors.
There really is no comparison and I’m actually surprised at you trying to defend the situation.
heres me thinking people who want to be leaders should be competent to do it, but seems the voters didn't really care about competence when they voted in a part led by Johnson!
I always had a saying "Anyone can manage when things are going well, its when the **** hits the fan that one finds out if a person can really manage"
On that score Johnson (as was obvious from his track record) has failed miserably. I'm not even sure you can credit the vaccination success to him, strikes me it was the one thing left to the experts to procure and deliver and its gone well.
That's absolutely how it goes in times of panic/urgency. IF (big IF) HMG, acting for the taxpayer, went for their mates who they KNEW could do the best job possible in the circumstances I'm fine with a bit of a premium price so long as the delivery and quality side of the contract is nice and tight. What I WOULDN'T be fine with is if HMG went for mates with NO track record of delivering the required goods/services JUST because they were mates.
So Ram's right if he's got a relative's mate up on his roof if that mate's mate is REALLY a roofer. If the relative's mate is a barrista, an actor or an accountant, Ram's wrong and he's been done over by his relative. The analogy is fine