tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post4694942617912194720..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: Highlights (2)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-28763533136898513112015-03-15T05:22:34.640-07:002015-03-15T05:22:34.640-07:00As I and others have said, it'll be sad times ...As I and others have said, it'll be sad times if this blog does go completely. Of course we have to appreciate the effort Historian goes to keep it ticking over. So the end of an era for Watching A4e? Possibly. Certainly the end of an error where A4e is concerned.<br /><br />Whatever happens, the rise of the W2W sector and outsourcing in general has to be watched. In particular their lucrative contracts and dodgy practices. <br /><br />Former Tory PM Ted Heath in a nationwide TV address once famously asked ''Who governs Britain?'' This was in response to the mining and power unions who he and many felt were holding Britain to ransom leading to power outages and the famed three day week.<br /><br />This very question is just as relevant today, if not more so. However, not with regards to trade unions but more the outsourcing sector. So many public sector services are performed by these firms such as G4s, Capita, Carillion, Serco, Reed, Interserve, Deloitte, and of course A4e. Little wonder some refer to them as the 'privatised state'. They are so ingrained within the public sector provision that it is increasingly difficult to meaningfully punish them for poor performance or even blatant fraud. <br /><br />The outsourcing giants along with the banking sector have certainly had successive governments over a barrel. I don't see this changing any time soon I'm afraid.<br />iMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175500314940241302noreply@blogger.com