Its the actions of a drowning man clutching at straws, shameful position for a party such as Labour has been in the past. No one believes the NHS is to be sold off, some parts had been privatised, but that was Labours PFI doing.
The NHS is seen as a national treasure, but ultimately it is how it performs which is what people really worry about. As long as the NHS remains free at the point of delivery and it offers, and is perceived to offer, a good service, no one will worry about who owns it.
Social care is more of a problem, but after previous attempts under Labour and then May's 'dementia tax' to get funding without raising taxes, neither of the main parties want to touch it in terms of how it should be paid for, because the truth is they still have to decided just what the complete remit of Social Care actually covers and how it overlaps with the NHS.
This whole area of NHS/Social Care will cost more and more, even as its becomes defined more clearly, Billions more are needed at a guess, but until we as a nation stop guessing and get down to first to deciding what it covers and then evaluating and costing what it contains to deliver at the levels we believe are correct, then it will continue to be a political football, simply because of the costs.
