It damn well ought to and I hope it does (for both of the promises contained therein, one of which he lied about and the other of which he hasn't delivered) but, unfortunately, I'm not so sure it will.

Remember Saatchi and Saatchi's poster of "Labour's not working" showing a huge dole queue snaking away into the distance? ... Thatcher's policies had a pre-known effect of increasing unemployment and, before her first term was up, at least three times as many people were on the dole ... it never bothered her though.

Oh, that's unfair.

Unfair on scum, that is.

There are lots of similarities in the general principle. In France, a lot of the healthcare delivery is not state controlled - there is effectively a free market for patients to see whichever doctor they want. The government administers the central pot of money via the 'national insurance' schemes and the patient gets a bill from the healthcare service provider which is then reimbursed at various % levels depending on your financial status (e.g. some get 100% reimbursement, others get as low as 50%). France does not have a 'NHS' but it has a state administered healthcare system which is delivered to a large extent by private 'contractors'. So to say it is nothing like the French system is completely wrong - I agree that it is not a carbon copy but the fundamentals are pretty similar.

Sorry to scum.

Leeds heart stuff you are putting a spin on it which suggests it is being done for financial and not clinical reason - there is no evidence to suggest the former is the case. I am against closing Leeds but the logic of having larger specialist units stands up to scrutiny.

You said 'nobody' voted for these policies. Source?

People here have tried explaining how polls work several times, is there any point doing so again?

no, i'm not.
the quote below is from the coalition agreement. so, we've got the 3 main parties manifestos promising more nhs privatisation and even the coalition agreement promising the same.

manifesto pledge, more nhs privatisation, policy implemented more nhs privatisation. perhaps you can point out these significant differences.
oh no, that's ludicrous, for that to happen people would actually have to read each parties manifesto, then they'd find out things like, oh i don't know, that the party they hate with a vengeance because it is hell bent on more privatisation of the nhs whereas the party they love and who they'll give their vote to is also hell bent on more privatisation of the nhs.

now, all the people up in arms could have voted for the "no nhs privatisation" party or similar, and in that instance they should applauded for having the guts to stand up for what they believe in. but i suspect that the majority who are bleating voted for a party that promised more privatisation. which is odd, as they've got exactly what they wanted.

i know. it was that easy.

Are you still labouring under the belief that an NHS Foundation Trust is a private company providing NHS services ?

i was never labouring under anything.

I prefer the word simple...

I give up. Your fundamental misunderstanding of the democratic process is beyond my ability to fix.

if this was about the democratic process, you may have a point. but it's not.

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Thanks for the confirmation.

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Having done something similar with a child in Spain and had to pay just the insurance excess for that visit I can concur that private medical A&E treatment is extortionate and we won't understand that fact until we've given the politicians permission to remove the NHS facility from us.

What about all the new advances that are being treated as routine within the NHS? or didn't that suit your rant?

There are far more new stuff going on than procedures being halted - the article is very misleading and - not surprisingly - sensationalist!!

Some balance please?

In the interests of balance, how would you explain to elderly people that their cataract cannot be dealt with by the NHS?

And if you want an alternative argument, then make it.

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Quote ="The Video Ref"But you can get a boob job, thus allowing you to coin it as a lap dancer, 'glamour' model or, er, an 'escort' (prostitute): www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03 ... 69352.html This could be good business practice. Assuming that she declares her cash earnings and pays tax on them (which I imagine most people who work in the 'adult encounter' industry don't), the public purse could actually make money out of this girl.'" Are you and Sal now collaborating on your straw men?

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A&E waiting times up now. One million extra presenting themselves to A&E over the last year

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Its also the least likely sector of the NHS to be privatised, hence the least likely to have public money thrown at it to "spruce it up" for a sale and so the taxpayer will end up running the unpredictable, heavy on overhead services while the private corporations lap up the cream (see BUPA for business model).

If that Cameron poster doesn't make a re-appearance at the next election then Labour aren't even worth thinking about.