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Originally Posted by Paul
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And yet nobody can adequately counter the point, they can merely object to the premise that they should. A tried and tested election strategy by unionists in Scotland, it’s why the SNP always win.
Chris did eventually get round to identifying the planning system as the enemy of infrastructure projects, similarly any public procurement is held up by subsidy control (formerly State Aid) rules designed to curtail the role of the state rather than drive efficiencies or deliver value. Add in the erosion of the state to the extent all “experts” have to be brought in as contractors on exorbitant daily rates, reports commissioned, risks assessed in a big private sector gravy train for which there is almost never a penalty for failure.
One might reasonably suggest the system needs ripped up, and that’s more achievable outside the UK.
*planning itself is a devolved area, rules around subsidy control are not.