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No-one with compassion and empathy can vote Tory, that's like turkeys asking for Christmas!
Only one party that can preserve the NHS and help alleviate poverty
Only one party that can preserve the NHS and help alleviate poverty
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
His references to NHS, Police, Teachers etc, I believe Eggs also spent his career in the public domain, but I may be incorrect of course....
NilSatisOptimum
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Depends how you achieve power and what principles you park... Wont be having any Liberal telling me they are here to make peoples lives better. I know through my work day in day out, they dont give two hoots about Mental health and whole range of disabilities, because of their time in power.
Disgruntledgoat
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It's possible to work in the private sector and be concerned about the state of public services, I believe.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
The NHS does not need preserving. It needs to grow and become better. Money needs to be generated to provide funding for it and the alleviation of poverty. Corbyn and his merry men haven‘t got a clue how to do so........
Disgruntledgoat
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Nick Clegg sold out a lot of the Lib Dem's progressive side for a referendum on Proportional Representation he was never going to win. Which is a shame as they had some decent sorts in their parliamentary party.
I have a good friend standing for them in Somerset at the election as well, he's also one of the good guys,
Disgruntledgoat
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We seem to have tried every direction with the NHS, from Blair's hosing of cash at it with no goal for what the money would be used for, to Brown parachuting in people from business who knew nothing about healthcare, to managed decline in the last 10 years and none of it has worked in improving outcomes.
I was initially a bit sniffy about the co-op method over here (being as how you have to pay a net €4 to visit the doctor) but waiting times are negligable, you can get a doctors appointment the same day and you can literally call any specialist and make an appointment for the same price as a GP, all underwritten by state medical insurance. I am increasingly of the opinion that the NHS was an excellent solution for the post war consensus but there are more people, with more varied needs and they all live longer. As a model, I am not opposed to it, but it needs somebody with experience and vision to move it into the 21st century.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
Of course it is. But people need to remember that it’s the private sector that generates all of the money to provide public services, governments then just spend it......
I hope the Labour campaign gets really dirty
Billboards of Mogg lounging across the front bench
Johnson in a ditch
Billboards of Mogg lounging across the front bench
Johnson in a ditch
GB about to have a northern Ireland election, fantastic stuff.
Public sector put all their taxes back into government
Every pound they then spend is taxed
The point is surely though Pete, that the private sector benefits when the public sector is strong. When the streets are safe, when crime is low, when young people are well educated and rounded individuals, when people are treated well if they are ill etc.
Having worked in both sectors (and I have to say I enjoy the private sector far more) I've never really understood the perceived antagonism that is pushed between the two.
It's clear to me that blokes like eggs, and his children offer as much value to a society as lots of the people who I work with in the private sector.
mccole
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Their leader is as Tory as they come and will bend for power
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
The tax they pay back comes out of their salary, the private sector generated the money in the first place. The public sector just gives a little of what it was given back to the tax man for distribution within the public sector......
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