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(It’s hard to believe, I know, but this is not satire)
The government has found a brilliant and sure-fire way to reduce the number of complaints it has been receiving as a result of one of the biggest privatisation fiascos it has presided over during its relatively short time in power.
It’s decided to ban people from making them.
The Ministry of Justice has recently been hailing the reduction of complaints from magistrates, court clerks and police following the privatisation of legal translation services in England and Wales.
And now we know how they did it.
They put a gagging order on anyone making complaints by threatening them under the Official Secrets Act.
You can read more about the privatisation fiasco here:
Meet ALS – the new G4S (or how Delboy hoodwinked ministers out of £300m)
And here’s more information about the gagging order:
Government gags magistrates over interpreter ‘fiasco’ in courts
This means the government is preventing us – the taxpayers – from knowing anything about any problems there may be with the private firms they have decided to give our money to.
I wonder if we can now expect to see the same brilliant government solution to solving complaints in other privatised sectors – hospitals, rail, schools, energy etc etc etc too?
If you know of any similar gagging orders in other industries the government has put in place to cover-up problems of privatisation, be sure to let me know.
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Related articles by Tom Pride:
Meet ALS – the new G4S (or how Delboy hoodwinked ministers out of £300m)
How Delboy hoodwinked ministers out of £300m – UPDATE
Emma Harrison: “Heartless taxpayers bullied me into paying myself £8.6m of their money”
A4e Claims Success In Getting Taxpayers Money Off Benefits & Into Its Own Pockets
Meet ALS – the new G4S (or how Delboy hoodwinked ministers out of £300m)
G4S Boss Nick Buckles Admits His Mullet Is `Humiliating Shambles’
Not satire – prisoner escaped curfew after G4S mistakenly tagged his false leg!
Oh dear! G4S were in charge of security at airport which let 9/11 hijackers slip through.
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WTF? !!!!!!
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Tories eh..
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Tom, do you ever find yourself screaming, non-stop, for hours?
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I do. Silently in my head.
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Hi Tom! Your blog above may explain something that puzzled me very recently. I post regularly to Huffington Post via AOL and I observe all the rules regarding ad hominems and so forth, so was perturbed when, in quick succession, two courteous, reasoned posts I made concerning the negative consequences of the privatisation of the energy and water companies disappeared into the ether after submission. My Gmail account is clearly subject to software that assists advertisers by picking up keywords in my emails to reference the content to various products – ie, when my daughter wrote to tell me her favourite pet rabbit had to be euthanased because of a terminal unpleasant condition, her email was surrounded by popups for rabbit’s ears vibrators! So, similar software is undoubtedly used to block out posts on HP that moderators deem not in accord with HP’s policies on such things as privatisation! Could be that after many years online, i’m becoming unconsciously paranoiac? Given the coalition’s determination to control the Net maybe not!
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A Bald man with a reputation for being Bald with the Truth introduces balderdash….
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This blog is my not so silent scream.
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Mr Integrity himself, Chris Grayling, strikes again.
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Atos, the private french company that is squeezing disabled people to see if they (can/can’t) work, have their assessors (doctors, nurses, physios) sign the official secrets act.
A gagging instrument so the guys & gals working for them can’t spread the truth of what is happening to all disabled people in the UK that have to claim disability benefits.
Do No Harm ?
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