Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
That was excellent. well worth the read.
Doesn't look like JRM wants a debate then.
Michael Gove gets another Theresa May death stare:
Someone should make a compilation of these, like Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things.
Doesn't look like JRM wants a debate then.
The trouble is that most of these contracts have been awarded without being put out to tender.It's fascinating how often that sort of bollocks is used, really highlights the lie of the free market if it'd damage companies to reveal how much it was bidding or who was bidding.
Besides anyone in the actual industry involved has a rough estimate and who was involved in the tender anyway.
The trouble is that most of these contracts have been awarded without being put out to tender.
With respect I think that is bollocks. In the early days they ignored companies with a history of PPE procurement & gave contracts to companies with no history of health procurement & in a few cases provided shite that was not fit for purpose. Currently the test and trace comes in at circa £16000 for everyone traced.Either that or unrealistically low. Or they can't admit the company got the job despite massive red flags because they were cheaper compared to others.
With respect I think that is bollocks. In the early days they ignored companies with a history of PPE procurement & gave contracts to companies with no history of health procurement & in a few cases provided shite that was not fit for purpose. Currently the test and trace comes in at circa £16000 for everyone traced.
Either that or
Britain’s biggest container port — Felixstowe — is grinding to a “virtual standstill” at peak times (...) Businesses and hauliers said a shortage of time slots for picking up containers was causing businesses to incur additional port storage costs, creating delays in supply chains, with some resorting to air freighting shipments at significant extra cost.
(...) the issue is being blamed on a shortage of labour,” said the Felixstowe Port Users Association in a note, estimating the port was operating at “70 to 80 per cent capacity”, compared with 94 per cent in Southampton. (...) approximately 40 per cent of all containers coming into and departing from the UK currently do so through Felixstowe (...)
The government has not intervened in what it considers a commercial matter, but Whitehall officials indicated that the Department for Transport was monitoring the situation.
Felixstowe is advised by Chris Grayling , the former transport secretary who came under fire when in office for handing a £13.8m Brexit contract to a ferry company that owned no ferries. Mr Grayling is paid £100,000 for seven hours work per week, according to the register of MPs interests.
Michael Gove gets another Theresa May death stare:
I would like to see an outrageous millstone beneath JRM as he plummets to the seabed.
Too right. If we're going to eat over the next 12 months, we'll need millstones. And flypaper.Waste of a good millstone. Make him load up some sacks with pebbles at the beach. Job done.
No need for thatWaste of a good millstone. Make him load up some sacks with pebbles at the beach. Job done.
Good point, but I thought a fitting, New Testament endorsed end for such an alleged, devout believer. Luke17:2. Not that in anyway I accuse JRM of the crimes that this punishment is set for of course.Waste of a good millstone. Make him load up some sacks with pebbles at the beach. Job done.
A multi-millionaire Tory has said poor parents "actually prefer" to pay a "modest sum" for their kids' meals.
Nadhim Zahawi made the eyebrow-raising claim as he refused Marcus Rashford's call to extend free meals over the school holidays.