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David Cameron promises to 'end state's monopoly' over public services
Prime minister unveils white paper that promises to allow private providers to deliver more public services

David Cameron has unveiled plans to shake up the "old fashioned" delivery of public services by ending the state's "monopoly" over provision and paving a wider path for

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[popehippo]

NOOOOOOOOOO

DON'T BE THE STATES

NOOOOOOOOOO

[gildinwen]

Meh. This'll probably be a one term goverment, anyway.

[anjak_j]

The sooner that General Election comes around, the better.

[gildinwen]

MTE

[free_spoons]

DON'T DO IT! PRIVATE ENERGY COMPANIES SUCK DONKEY BALLS!!11!!1!

[red_pill]

have the goverment considered that huge serivce holes might open up if they alowe things to fail (and that these are vitel services, so that such holes will cause appling diffcultes)?

becous if nothing else, there right. you want a market, things have to be able to fail. otherwise, what you've got is bullshit. they cant have there cake and eat it. either (imo, the correct thing) services are provded with universal covrage, and as few gaps as possble, or the market desised, and people get buggered in small areas where theres not much point from a market point of view (and i know this isnt the only flaw, but its the first that came to my mind)

[roboplege]

"We've got a welfare state that doesn't deliver welfare, that doesn't get people back into work but traps them in poverty instead.

TOTALLY NOT PRETENDING TO CARE TO JUSTIFY HIS FUCKING DISGUSTING POLITICAL ENDS NO NOT AT ALL

[trialia]

+1 rage

as a disabled person who is petrified of upcoming IB>ESA migration because I have multiple invisible chronic illnesses... yeah, he doesn't give a shit about any of us. never has.

[svtstarlight]

Same. :(

But we live in a Tory-run area and rich (white & healthy) people are a majority here. Why should they care about the likes of us who aren't? (no, I'm not bitter. not at all... :/)

[trialia]

I live in Manchester Central - Labour-controlled, but with a 21% cut to the grant for the coming year. I got a survey in the post this morning about where I think the axe should fall. :( I'm too depressed to answer it yet. Awful thing.

[salienne]

As another example, the prime minister seized on children who qualify for free school meals who are "half as likely" to get five good GCSEs as their better off peers.

"The last time they counted, just 40 people who had had free school meals were going to Oxbridge - out of 80,000," said Cameron. "We've got a welfare state that doesn't deliver welfare, that doesn't get people back into work but traps them in poverty instead.

I...

To misinterpret facts this way is impressive. It's like looking at a rainbow and declaring the sky is made of paint. Sure, it might look that way, but to actually come to that conclusion is incredibly stupid and/or disingenuous.

[barankhy]

It's like looking at a rainbow and declaring the sky is made of paint.
I may steal that phrase, just so you know.

[salienne]

I will accept royalties in the form of cookies. Or pictures of cookies. Or just me going to get a cookie right now, as I'm pretty hungry. brb

(In other words, steal away. :P)

[barankhy]

How about this cookie?