On 14 May, 14:44, MIG wrote:
On May 14, 11:16 am, John B wrote:

On 12 May, 20:08, Boltar wrote:

Thats debatable. Its the responsibilty of the government to get the
best deal for the nation from all aspects. Clearly this isn't the case
for PPP as far as metronet is concerned since its cost more and
delivered less than LU would have done in the same circumstances.

How do you know that? Look at the NHS, where a huge cash injection has
been unaccompanied by any serious privatisation efforts

WHAT?

Seewww.keepournhspublic.com.

So, there's *one* privately-run NHS hospital. I reckon that probably
hasn't been the cause of NHS inefficiency...

All the other services that site lists are ones that were privately
provided anyway (a partnership of GPs running a surgery is a private
business just as much as a limited company doing the same), or which
were never part of the NHS's core remit (like typing up records and
driving trucks about the place) and so have rightly been outsourced,
or which are a dodgy financing trick with no real privatisation (PFI -
in the NHS context, this does not involve operational responsibility).

If a large proportion of NHS hospitals were actually privately run,
then we'd have a situation comparable to the Tube PFI. They aren't; we
don't.

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