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Not sure about £5 bog rolls, but I have certainly seen the price of some stuff being very high (although ward essentials like gloves, tympanic thermometer tips etc were extremely low cost).
I'm not trying to bait here, it's something I wrestle with a lot. I'm passionate about the NHS, and truly believe its wonderful despite the shortcomings but some of those shortcomings are nothing short of fucking stupid.
I suspect there have been some really badly drawn up contracts. I do wonder how some of these things came about (for example, £1 for a box of 60 paracetamol - that should be significantly cheaper).
The problem with privatisation is that it's an absolute certainty that money will be taken out in profit, because without that no company would want the contract. Hence it cannot be cheaper to privatise something than to run it *properly* in public ownership.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Shifting procurement to Amazon thus building up a huge corporation even further and chasing cost reductions... well, you end up with redundancies elsewhere. This is the balance you have to make. If you go bottom line for everything, you end up smacking someone else around and incurring a cost on the state there.
Sponsorship - buses have done it for years but they don't tend to pick up people involved in road accidents or who have just had heart attacks. Time and a place and all that. You'd have more success by suggesting that the Met could be sponsored by Krispy Kreme or Danepak.
What next, get the Met sponsored by Krispy Kreme?
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
As for sponsorship the police have had it for years - the Met had police cars sponsored by Harrods. I don't think alcohol advertising on an ambulance would be good, but supermarkets could as people would understand they are helping to fund paramedics and they could promote healthy food.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/a-police-car-is-on-its-way-but-first-a-word-from-our-sponsors-1362314.html
The idea of a police car being sponsored by Threshers is amusing Bring on the WKD Panda!
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I actually think someone else kinda came close to it... but to me, the only differences between 'middle class' and 'working class' are purely cultural. The middle classes tend to look down on the working classes because of how they live their lives. The middle classes are basically snooty neighbours who make constant value judgements on their fellows.
yes this really happened, I saw the propaganda edits on MSM
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jamieross/theresa-may-held-a-campaign-event-in-a-village-hall-in?utm_term=.dhnXqmogEA#.tgaqxygZLP
the kids party hall booking -
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-l2XjAWAAANmu0.jpg:large
very weird behavior - expect more
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
https://www.change.org/p/the-bbc-the-immediate-sacking-of-laura-kuenssberg-from-the-bbc?recruiter=69896997&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=mob-md-share_petition-no_msg
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
So it's no different from the working-class people I've been involved with for a decade then. Let's see, I've been accused of being posh for reading, listening to classical music, preferring cricket to football and, perhaps curiously, for not having a driving licence. On my first day in my last job, one working class co-worker thought I was gay because I used long words.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/59096/lets-ban-something-start-a-petition/p1
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/27/lib-dems-shouldnt-count-on-remain-votes-the-data-looks-bleak