I am not one of those who subscribe to the artificial dividing line in British society between public sector and private sector - I think a healthy one-nation society needs both.
It seems neo-Orwellian to adopt and adapt the 1984 slogan by saying "public sector good, private sector bad" (or vice versa).
But it did strike me that Jimmy Savile was able to carry out his crimes seemingly exclusively in public sector and not-for-profit organisations.
We are told that the private sector cares only about profit and nothing about people and their needs (including the need for security from predators).
And yet it was in the so-called "caring" public sector that Jimmy Savile was able to dazzle people with his celebrity status and commit crimes with impunity.
Which makes me wonder whether the private sector is better at focusing on the job, whereas the public sector thinks any old standards will do.
Of course I might be wrong about this, and hundreds of private sector abuses by Jimmy Savile might yet come to light, but so far his activities appear to be only in the public sector.
It seems neo-Orwellian to adopt and adapt the 1984 slogan by saying "public sector good, private sector bad" (or vice versa).
But it did strike me that Jimmy Savile was able to carry out his crimes seemingly exclusively in public sector and not-for-profit organisations.
We are told that the private sector cares only about profit and nothing about people and their needs (including the need for security from predators).
And yet it was in the so-called "caring" public sector that Jimmy Savile was able to dazzle people with his celebrity status and commit crimes with impunity.
Which makes me wonder whether the private sector is better at focusing on the job, whereas the public sector thinks any old standards will do.
Of course I might be wrong about this, and hundreds of private sector abuses by Jimmy Savile might yet come to light, but so far his activities appear to be only in the public sector.
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