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Gavin Williamson didn't make the contract with Chartwells either.
If the Government and Chartwells are so in cahoots why aren't all schools using Chartwells
Because some schools remembered the stuff they have served up before (evidence in other thread) and changed it.
Should they all have? Yes. Does that make it their fault? No.
Why are people so determined to blame parents , schools, councils? If this was an issue directly affecting the majority of people everyone would be up in arms.
Once again, it's the faceless nameless kids who suffer.
GetOff and other PPs can play semantics , word games and cleverly point out where the government has done (I'm not going to say well, done it's job). We all have different political leanings usually based on our own experiences. On the other thread which I hope people have actually read instead of jumping on here to play whataboutery with the Tories, there were many stories of the reality of this situation for so many families.
The thread is whether the food was sufficient. It isn't. It derailed slightly as it came to light about the Tory funder in the camp. But how we then got to what a great job they've done with covid is beyond me and it's a prime example of what happens.
Thousands of children living in poverty get a quick flash in the paper and then we are on to the next thing. This is a serious issue that we are seeing the reality of played out every day. I don't know very many people who work first hand with pupils in poverty (or indeed those who lived through the Thatcher times in the industries affected) and still think the Tories are decent in the same way I don't know many students who would vote for Lib Dems again. It's all relative.
But the core point is this. It doesn't actually matter who's to blame. The fact that a corrupt back handing crony scheme took place which literally stole from these families is unforgivable. Whether a should have done this or b should have done that or well we don't like FSM anyway is irrelevant. It happened.
The OP asked whether what was delivered was acceptable. The PPs in this thread have avoided that question because apart from a few who came out early doors goading , or those who in this day and age still can't understand that FSM is for many people their only meal a day (regardless of what Penelope down the road gets on FSM). But the vast majority of people can't defend it. So they do what the government do. Cover , and muddy the waters , and deflect.
The victims here are the children and the government have a part in that.