Come on thats being a bit unfair, sure there have been balls ups, but ANY Olympics i look forward to, not for the hyped events but the sports that the rest of the time get no coverage at all.
to be honest the G4S fiasco should have been more apparent way before this year.. when your arranging such a large event you need to be sure everything is sorted in good time and thats where my issue is.. things have been so messed up and just like with allot of legislation our condem government has touted the only thought thats gone into it is "greed".
a good example would be the workfare scheme.. its recently come to my attention that those close to lian Duncan Smith (two tories l should add) were making millions from the face that is the back to work scheme. they created a company specifically to cash in on it.
then the NHS reforms Langsley also has his fingers in private firms that lobbied for the privatisations in fact his wife is linked to said private firms that were lobbying for the changes. lve said it elsewhere but our politicians are too self involved and whenever legislation is generally concerned they tend to conflict with their personal interests which is morally wrong just like Camerons outburst about dodgy tax schemes recently, after all you cant have a go at someone for their arrangements (aka name and shame) without practising what you preach.. the fact no legislation is in the works just speaks volumes.
Really enjoying the Olympic's so far, despite an early cloud of pessimism hanging over my head. Just a shame we're not winning more medals.
while l agree things ultimately end up the companies responsibility we are talking about a whole new ball game here, the money given to them wasnt private, it was "public money" which l doubt we will ever see back.. in fact here is a story about said company G4S it was in the news recently.The government though in that regard are in a no win. The press dont tell you if they were having regular meetings to make sure that company was capable or not. If you are the government and im the security firm and for years you are asking me "Are you ready?" and i keep replying "Yes, we are doing this and that" and when the time comes all my promises turn out to be hot air, thats hardly your fault is it? Some people are saying they should had just used the Army anyway, which is stupid IMO for a few reasons, one being there wouldnt be enough of em (AGAIN) and two being some bloke decked out in camo gear with a big this will blow anything to bits automatic rifle, doesnt scream friendly welcome to the games.
As a business decision the only ones to blame for the cock up are the firm that was given the contract and failed to provide what was promised, not those that contracted them. Will not stop the media trying to spin it that way though.
l can vouch for the other schemes however back in Labours time they never made jobseekers work more than 16hours which worked out to around the minimum wage.. which l have no problem with doing. that being said one got an extra £15 a week unlike today where money is going down yet the work one is expected to do for free goes up.Not going down that road with you again, ive said my bit, the ways they are treating some unemployed and disabled is scummy but its not just this government that have done that. There have been all types of brain dead schemes in the past no matter who or what party is in charge.
no its not, the reason we are in this situation is greed, the NHS didnt fail the banks did. every idea thats come out of our current governments mouth seems to make more money for the rich!! who are making money now out of the privatisations? the lobbyists.Again its nothing new, the NHS is always tinkered with in some manner, the labour party at certain points were giving it more cash than it actually needed so much so that in areas they basically had stock piles of money they either didnt or couldnt spend. While that sounds wonderful of them at first, its also one of the many reasons the country is in the state it is in now.
l can vouch for the other schemes however back in Labours time they never made jobseekers work more than 16hours which worked out to around the minimum wage.. which l have no problem with doing. that being said one got an extra £15 a week unlike today where money is going down yet the work one is expected to do for free goes up.
looks like we have a conflict of what is and isnt true, the reason l know it is is because l was on new deal more than once, in fact l believe l was on it 4 times first was work placement and the rest were training based and every time there was a £15 extra bonus. the years l attended these were between 2000 and 2006. suffice to say lve actual experience of new dealThat i can tell you for a fact is wrong i have a family member who was forced to suffer the New Deal which involved working for nothing (except travel expenses) far longer than that per week. And also one day a week had to go do a silly NVQ course even though they had a university degree in the same field....... Now thats insane and a waste of money.
tbh, l dont care about the news at all.. these days its just a bunch of drivel, these days bias seems to be the name of the game. we daily see things like recession this recession that, deficit this and deficit that. and the papers propagate the reasons as to why we have double dipped.. seems the poor are at fault along with the NHS. however in essence very few give a rats ass about the public its all about pushing opinions like scroungers and labelling those who need help as dirty and lazy.As to the rest, its easy as i said to point the finger of blame, regarding security mess up at the games. But what would you had done? How would you of gone about ensuring it were policed properly without bringing in private security firms and spending tax payer money? I dont care much what was in the news and without being rude perhaps that is half the issue, try not to believe everything the Daily Mail or other sensationalised so called journalism has to say. We have yet to see if the security firm/s concerned wil have to foot the bill/pay anything back. To state otherwise right now is once again nothing more than media grabbing headlines.
then l venture to say we are in a bad period.. and you say its better than 10 years ago? waiting lists now are worse than when labour was in power, in fact since some places are now being run privately and turn away patients!!The NHS argument is fruitless and pointless, that has gone through ups and downs, rich and poor periods for decades. Its no better or worse. Doesnt really matter who is in charge of it it goes through good and bad periods. In fact id argue as someone that recently had to go to see a specialist the system has improved compared to the ordeal i experienced 10 years ago. I certainly didnt have to wait as long and communication and being able to check appointment times etc has improved 10 fold since i last had any beyond the norm of GP visit.
theres a slightly common misconception here. while l agree Labour had its faults things were generally better under them. in fact from what lve seen they were actually pulling us out of recession and there was significantly more work than there was now. however it seems every time the Conservatives are in power unemployment soars.. regardless l dont care for blame its not constructive and l just feel that choosing the lesser of said evils..PS...... And also not to sound rude but you are beginning to sound like this is a political soapbox to bash the conservative party, which to be honest i have no issue with, i dont think much of Camerloon and chums myself.
HOWEVER, at the same time though i also realise the labour party are equally useless. In fact i reckon the country would be in even bigger poop if we had Mr shouty (i dunno what i would do i just disagree with everything) Milliband in charge with Ms (i want to launch a coo against the entire male population) Harman as second in command sidekick. I can only imagine the right nappy mess the country would be. With him not knowing if he should or shouldnt spend money and Harman not giving a flying toss and instead having more secret meetings discussing how her and her feminist followers can grab more power. SO i hope you will excuse me if im not so quick to agree with you or the media.
l dont dispute that completely, tho lm sure we would have seen more police there rather than private companies.Its easy to look at the present and say its bad and blame it all on one party or individual. Wouldnt matter if Labour, Conservative Party, Lib Dems or even some minority like the Greens were in power, i have no doubt issues with the games would of still happened, the NHS and whatever they decided to do with it would had also caused outrage and so much more. Its the nature of government and has been for decades.
equally they didnt push millions into poverty..PPS...... The postal service, think if we are bashing parties you will find its the Labour party that screwed that also to start (first with privatisation plans then the whole consignier <<< or whatever it was/is called thing and more).
we will never know, but one thing l do know is we were pulling out of recession before they left regardless of my dislike of labour.Our current government is crap i entirely agree........ Was the last lot better or would things be better if they won again.......... LIKE F**K would they be.