The UK Govt Loves Corporatism

The burdensome administrative task of recruiting members of the British Armed Forces has been outsourced to external companies, led by Serco (who appear to be the favoured partner of the UK Govt in every endeavour these days).

I can’t help but feel that the best organisations to recruit members of the British Armed Forces would be the British Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.

The UK government’s eagerness to embrace Public-Private-Partnerships reminds me of Mussolini’s famous observation:

‘Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.’

There should be a healthy distance between govts and multinational corporations. That is no longer the case.

As we learnt with the Horizon Post Office scandal, govts are inclined to cover up corporate scandals that might cause embarrassment to themselves and their Preferred Partners (Fujitsu in this case)

See also Grenfell scandal (Alcoa, Kingspan), NHS tainted blood scandal (Alpha, Armour, Battery, Bayer and others)

Govts are there to keep multinationals honest, not become embroiled in corporate malfeasance.

‘…As members of ‘Team Serco’, Adecco and Akkodis will join a consortium of partners led by Serco, the international provider of critical government services and prime contractor for the contract. Together, they will deliver a comprehensive, end-to-end recruitment service, covering everything from candidate attraction and assessment to enlistment and onboarding onto initial training. The initiative will involve a blended workforce, including military personnel…’

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