RedTillI'mDead
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Appreciate the reply, especially given the volume of people having a pop at your post which I didn't think was fair (each allowed to their opinion after all).
I have to reject your notion of my post being short termism though because NHS funding is exactly the opposite. It will always grow and will always be there until problems are fixed. The longer the problems remain and are allowed to worsen, the longer it takes to fix it. No party will want to be the one to take the NHS agenda out of a political manifesto however only the Labour party are making an accountable pledge to address key measures that affect us all each and every day. Therefore suggesting that Labour's previous borrowing and spending across the board previously led to a lack of funding being available thereafter is a very weak counter that is inherently flawed and barely worth raising for aforementioned reasons.
I won't repeat myself as I made my point on NHS constitutional standards being abysmal right now and again, I'm not seeking to have a pop at you or your views, I'm just attempting to offer a different perspective considering my experience of dealing with these very issues each and every day in my job within the NHS.
I'm talking relatively by the way. Of course costs go up, as demand does, but it's impossible to deny that interest payments is wasted money. The same reason people don't like the Glazers. The difference is the NHS can't just create a new sponsorship deal every few days like the Glazers seem to do.
By the way, the NHS is also a bottomless pit. I have a friend who wrote a PhD that concluded that more money to the NHS didn't necessarily mean better outcomes. You get a rise in pointless visits, a population that is too drugged is ironically more susceptible to viruses as they evolve through the drugs. I didn't get a chance to read it, but he just mentioned some of the basics.
Also, sometimes you have to squeeze hard to iron out inefficiencies.
I can't question your feeling on the ground, but just saying don't take it as clear as black and white. Some people attack Conservatives with no understanding about what they are trying to achieve and why they do what they do. It sometimes feels like people view conservatives as the dark side, but much of what they do is based on economic stability and efficiency long term. Hence the strong and stable message.