[Gllug] Open Source lobbying meeting - UKUUG London Thurs 19th

[Christopher Hunter]

On Saturday 14 Oct 2006 17:18, Jack Bertram wrote:
> * Christopher Hunter <chrisehunter at blueyonder.co.uk> [061014 14:39]:
> > Returning to the UK at the beginning of Blair's reign, I began to look
> > into the award of government contracts.  In EVERY instance, these
> > contracts have been corruptly awarded (none that I could find have been
> > entirely "clean").
>
> Until you provide evidence, this is tosh.

I can (privately) provide you with all the evidence you could ever possibly 
require.  I did a LOT of research when I returned to the UK, to assist a 
journalist friend who'd been investigating government contract corruption for 
many years.  Over the years, we could find NO government contracts untainted 
by some form of underhand dealing.

A quick Google search for "BAe slush fund" will start you on your way.  You 
only need to read the more credible links (the BBC, the Guardian, Private Eye 
etc), and they will lead you into an astonishing world of bribes, deceit and 
government connivance....

I probably sound like a "conspiracy nut", but I've recently seen two contracts 
in the UK public sector awarded on the basis of the  thickness of the "brown 
envelope" and the quality of a "fact-finding trip" (read "junket") to the Far 
East.  My employer lost one of the contracts in this instance, but retained 
the other (more by luck than judgement!).  This type of corruption is endemic 
in Britain these days, and is getting worse.

Chris

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