GreatAlbatrossMA to United KingdomEnglish · 5 days agoNHS must reform or die, PM warns, after critical reportwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkNHS must reform or die, PM warns, after critical reportwww.bbc.co.ukGreatAlbatrossMA to United KingdomEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareflamingos-cantlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 days ago “Raise taxes on working people or reform to secure [the NHS’] future. We know working people can’t afford to pay more, so it is reform or die.” Alexa, show me a false dichotomy. It’s amazing how the their report names austerity as the culprit of the NHS’ waning condition, but Streeting’s solution seems to just change where money is allocated. The UK spends significantly less on Health compared to other developed countries, is it really surprising that our results would be significantly worse?
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 days agoYes, has anyone considered taxing corporations and the rich?
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoThe last guy to suggest something like that got branded an antisemitic commie and was kicked out of the party.
minus-square10_0@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 days agoWe can’t do that! We’d lose the House of Lords! Think of the history! Think of their children’s mega yauts and private schools!
minus-squareTonyOstrich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoI live in the US (granted I watch a lot of UK content) and even my first reaction at reading the headline was along the lines of “then fucking pay/fund them instead of setting them up to fail!”
Alexa, show me a false dichotomy.
It’s amazing how the their report names austerity as the culprit of the NHS’ waning condition, but Streeting’s solution seems to just change where money is allocated. The UK spends significantly less on Health compared to other developed countries, is it really surprising that our results would be significantly worse?
Yes, has anyone considered taxing corporations and the rich?
The last guy to suggest something like that got branded an antisemitic commie and was kicked out of the party.
We can’t do that! We’d lose the House of Lords! Think of the history! Think of their children’s mega yauts and private schools!
I live in the US (granted I watch a lot of UK content) and even my first reaction at reading the headline was along the lines of “then fucking pay/fund them instead of setting them up to fail!”