How can you say that the oversight of the operator was found wanting in this case, and then imply that the operation should be owned and regulated by the very people who failed to handle even the oversight?
You also have a rosy picture of governments: “any issues should be quick to address“?? “quick to address” is simply not in any government’s skill set. Read yesterday’s Times article by the lady brought in from industry to buy covid vaccines so quickly and successfully. Selected excerpts include:
“across government there is a devastating lack of skills and experience in science, industry and manufacturing”
“there are very few people with science or operating backgrounds at all levels of government. This would not matter if we had senior civil servants with scientific and technical understanding, but we don’t”
“The machinery of government is dominated by process rather than outcome causing delay and inertia”
I’ve seen this from all sides and can only applaud her. Government is amateurs avoiding bad news, Industry is people moving quickly to fulfil often weak contracts (in order to win the next one) under often weak oversight.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/k...hink-xqmhztc6p