G4S: Oh Dear Not Again.

This will be a short blog to make one fundamental point. If there is a taxpayer funded service, activity or responsibility involving the welfare, health, education, well-being, security or safety of the public, public servants, young adults, prisoners, patients or detainees of any kind, then it is utterly wrong to give it to the private sector to fulfill it and in so doing engage costs which reward shareholders. That is plain wrong from any rational moral standpoint not driven by greed. It is also plain wrong for the custodian of public money, the government, to offload its responsibilities to a third party, since it is not only craven , but it is also undemocratic.