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Stafford scandal: Let’s face the truth about our uncaring, selfish and cruel NHS – Telegraph.

For once, one of Britain's mainstream journalists did his job. Years ago I incredulously watched a consultant at our local hospital, asked politely by me to give my sick father some information on his condition, do so at the top of his voice in the middle of Nightingale ward full of similarly anxious families. He neither moved, nor even glanced, towards him to do so. He never looked up from his notes. The only concern he showed was for my impudence in daring to ask. Ever since then, I have seen the "envy of the world" line for the crock that it is.

The Conservative Party has betrayed so many of its key principles that we can now be surprised at nothing David Cameron says to justify his portrait one day hanging on the Downing Street stairs. But can anyone doubt the depth and permanence of his betrayal when they read the words (my emphasis);
In retaining his power, Sir David, who is a former member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, had already been endorsed by our political leaders. Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, publicly backed him. David Cameron, in the House of Commons, expressed every confidence in the great man. 
Had the revolution come in the way the CPGB originally planned, there would at least have been a way to deal with Sir David Nicholson. The families of thousands slaughtered on his watch might have had the grim satisfaction of hearing that gunshot.

All they will hear under this miserable Frankfurt School communism by stealth is the sound of a political class that will no more submit to a bog-standard NHS hospital than they would send their children to a bog-standard comp., murmuring platitudes as they cover each others backs.

3 responses to “Our uncaring, selfish and cruel NHS”

  1. Antisthenes Avatar
    Antisthenes

    Why is so difficult for the majority to see the obvious. The obvious in this case is if you allow government to control, run and provide anything the outcome will be seriously deficient. The NHS is a glaring example of this as it is dysfunctional and not fit for purpose. It is inefficient, wasteful and decidedly dangerous to everyone’s health. Of course there are some things that government must do as there are no viable alternatives but they are not many and only fall into the category of internal and external security.

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  2. Moggsy Avatar
    Moggsy

    If a normal person killed thousands the police would at least be looking for them. If they knew who they were they might even think about arresting them. Look how the press went after the Halifax guy Goodwin. I don’t think he can have been reponsible for many actual deaths and Nicholson might have lost as much money.

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  3. Cascadian Avatar
    Cascadian

    Can you actually be a FORMER member of The Communist Party? Perhaps a lapsed or no longer dues-paying member, but a former member-I think not.
    Which would explain a lot, including the imposition of death camps for capitalists.
    If I am incorrect then his actions can only be described as inept and cruel. Either way he should be appearing before a judge to answer why so many died, Harold Shipman received life imprisonment for killing fewer more humanely.

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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