Cannydc wrote:"The Labour Party said it was “scandalous” that the NHS had to defend a legal battle with the company, which is part of Richard Branson’s business empire. It also called on the Department of Health to disclose details of the settlement.
Virgin Care sued the NHS last year after it lost out on an £82m contract to provide children’s health services across Surrey, citing concerns over “serious flaws” in the way the contract was awarded.
The company filed proceedings at the UK High Court naming the six local NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Surrey, as well as Surrey County Council and NHS England. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/heal ... 80961.html
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The twat owns huge parts of the NHS now and as far as I'm concerned he should be in jail for knowingly purchasing stolen goods."
The Labour party are making mischief.
The people to blame are the civil servants who drew up the Ts+Cs for the competition for the contract, and the way they applied those rules.
When I was involved with MOD contracting we were regularly taken to court by disgruntled companies who lost out to a better bid. Providing EU rules were followed, and could be seen to be operated in a fair and equitable manner, the complainant never won. But they still complained, and the case had to be defended.
However, putting these things up for grabs on the first place was an appalling misjudgement.
Cannydc wrote:Art, I did a 2 year apprenticeship starting at 16. It included Maths, English, Physics (all to O Level standard for those who didn't do O levels at school) as well as lessons on Service Law (probably 60-80 hours, though that included firing range time) .
Service personnel are held culpable when breaching a clear set of rules known as Rules Of Engagement. The UK doesn't normally arm under-18s or send them to conflict areas. It saddens me greatly that any soldier should be singled out as with Soldier F, but I tend to swim against the military tide in saying that there is a political element here driven by the need to maintain peace in Northern Ireland as well as considering the strident calls for justice from victim's relatives.
Therefore, if it is deemed that there is a case to answer, this will be heard in court. If guilty I suppose it will be murder - an automatic life sentence (min, 10 years). It very much looks like someone lost their head and opened fire n innocent, unarmed civilians. If it was Soldier F, so be it. There is huge mitigation. These guys were under enormous stress, constant attacks and spat at by the locals. Who knows, there might be a way around this.
LordRaven wrote:Cannydc wrote:Art, I did a 2 year apprenticeship starting at 16. It included Maths, English, Physics (all to O Level standard for those who didn't do O levels at school) as well as lessons on Service Law (probably 60-80 hours, though that included firing range time) .
Service personnel are held culpable when breaching a clear set of rules known as Rules Of Engagement. The UK doesn't normally arm under-18s or send them to conflict areas. It saddens me greatly that any soldier should be singled out as with Soldier F, but I tend to swim against the military tide in saying that there is a political element here driven by the need to maintain peace in Northern Ireland as well as considering the strident calls for justice from victim's relatives.
Therefore, if it is deemed that there is a case to answer, this will be heard in court. If guilty I suppose it will be murder - an automatic life sentence (min, 10 years). It very much looks like someone lost their head and opened fire n innocent, unarmed civilians. If it was Soldier F, so be it. There is huge mitigation. These guys were under enormous stress, constant attacks and spat at by the locals. Who knows, there might be a way around this.
What a load of bollocks though Canny, don't you think? Certain people, proven to have blood on their hands, were given letters of comfort to confirm they would never ever face prosecution for the murders they are known (not alleged) to have committed, and all so that they would agree to the peace process in NI going forward.
Double standards.
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Condone physical violence and yet whinge about a milkshake
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