It seems like a long game, with a lot of work (and a bit of luck) to get to somewhere of note (ie, an MP position).
Running as an independent is about as likely for success as Seymour’s school lunch program.
So you need to get yourself into a party. But you can’t just rock up to your party of choices offices and have them put your name next to their logo in the next election.
And if you do slog through however many years of volunteering and lower level staff jobs, there’s still no guarantee you’ll even get a shot at a candidate opportunity.
And if you do get a shot, you’re at the whim of the party, at least until you’ve made a name for yourself.
So the school lunch program was just “can the existing (working) contracts managed by the government, write a contract with a single company to do what the government was doing, pat ourselves on the back”? All while expecting the new middleman to do the same job, for less, and still be profitable.
Not sure what I was expecting tbh. Just more smooth brain small government thinking.
Why didn’t they just get the prisons service provider to do it? Prisoners get a full monthly menu made by a nutritionist taking into account all dietary requirements. Like prisoners, School kids don’t go anywhere, and there’s (probably?) a prison an hour or two drive from most schools so (probably) not a massive logistical nightmare.
Are we feeding our prisoners better than our kids?