MOD GoCo – our readers comment on the White Paper
Our post last week on the Ministry of Defence White Paper drew some interesting and perceptive comments. One major theme – not surprisingly – was around the whole issue of skills. One of the benefits suggested from moving much of MOD procurement into a GoCo (government owned, contractor operated) entity is the issue of skills. The GoCo will be able to make use of better and presumably higher paid staff. Bitter and Twisted made the core point, summarising the GoCo idea as this: “It’s impossible to pay civil servants enough money… so we have to privatise it”. But that then [...]
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Wealthopolis – the newest and most powerful global state
This article steps well beyond the usual Spend Matters material, but it is an idea I’ve been thinking about for a while, and this seems like the best way to get it into the public domain and stake my claim to a new concept, or at least a new word to describe the concept! I live 30 miles from London, and spend a lot of time in what is arguably the greatest city in the world, now or at anytime in the past (as I’ve claimed previously). But walking around London, as I often do, not liking taxis or the [...]
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- Wealthopolis – the newest and most powerful global state : Dan said: ‘Wealthopolis’ implies a geographical location. I think its more like a sub-atomic par... more
- Wealthopolis – the newest and most powerful global state : bitter and twisted said: I prefer not to mix languages in neologisms so how about Plutopolis. scholars correct m... more
- NHS procurement – a dose of communication salts needed : Pauline said: Without sounding like a real bureaucrat....the majority of consultants and 'Nora's' have n... more
- NHS procurement – a dose of communication salts needed : bitter and twisted said: I guess we are all refighting our last war.... more
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