On keeping one's promises

[emperor]

Why is it OK to consider changing the law to allow the government to renege on promises it made to civil servants, when we're not considering doing similar to allow us to renege on, say, PFI deals?

Comments

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

Because PFI companies have scary lawers...... and because the narative is set that civil servents are lazy, gready and incompitant.

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Pretty much this, as far as I can see.

[vectorious.livejournal.com]

Nada on the scary lawyers.

If the Government cancelled a PFI contract most PFI providers would not sue - they cannot afford to as Government contracts would never be won again, and a lot of them have a business serving government.

However they would never do ANY business with government on credit ever again.

The banks who lent to the scheme might sue, but not the PFI companies