is this the same bullshit they pull in the US where they suck all the funding out of a perfectly functioning system, which cripples it. then they get to point at that system as a failure the only answer to which seems to be 'privatization'?
Pretty much.
They wreck chunks of it and then pay their mates to pick up the slack, despite the most efficient use of public money being in ensuring there is no slack.
Yes. Tories have been working at this for years
It has been known for a long time now. The Tories have already sold the NHS with privatisation. A large portion of procedures are not done by the NHS anymore. This is why the money doesn't go anywhere. You may not be paying for it at point of use, but it is not public health anymore.
I moan about Tory incompetence but every cock up seems to result in public money being pumped into the pockets of big business. At some point you have to conclude this isn't a bug it's a feature. It would perhaps be too much to say they seem to be doing this all very well and it is likely it's more disaster capitalism at work.
I remember that a former Labour leader warned this would happen and was roundly ridiculed in the media. Funny how lots of the things he warned about have come to pass.
This is how it was designed to happen. It's heartbreaking that by the time people realise that the NHS has been privatised it will all be a done deal. It's in its death throes now. And then when it's gone we'll be gaslit into thinking it was always this way, or it's the fault of socialism or something.
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