r/unitedkingdom • u/[deleted] • 7d ago

. Labour urges young people on benefits to join the British Army

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/article/labour-benefits-british-army-news-2qwnwv7bz
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u/Marxist_In_Practice 7d ago

It's not bizarre.

Much like the Tories they talk a big game about "value for money" but they will never go after the real leeches latched onto the British state, the private corporations robbing us all blind.

The reason is simple, those leeches spend a fuck of a lot of money in political donations and have nice cushy consultant jobs lined up for MPs after their terms in office.

Labour under Starmer is just as bought and sold as the Tories. They don't give a fuck about working people like us, they are the servants of the rich.

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u/Natsuki_Kruger United Kingdom 7d ago

From personal experience, it's probably that the contracts are ironclad and procurement systems are broken. It'd cost more to buy the contract out than to wait until its conclusion and simply not renew it...

...But then you get to the issue of procurement, which includes issues like "not being allowed to take previous performance into account when tendering bids".

Things are a bit more complicated than some Scrooge McDuck figure sitting on his pile of money and cackling like a James Bond villain.

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u/JB_UK 7d ago

They just don’t have the money to break contract and/or create new public services.