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- 17 Apr 2024, 16:30
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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Now you are just being ridiculous. Since it seems to miss so much, it can't be that good. Do you have an issue with facts? As for the substance of what I said, how do you think these cases were known? People in a position to know did blow the whistle. People did get caught. People did get sanctione...
- 17 Apr 2024, 14:49
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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You are having a laugh, aren't you? No, but obviously you are. Why is it people roll our the personal (no, second hand) anecdotes when shown the facts. And yet they are complicit in the alleged wrong doing, or it's clearly a pile of nonsense. The NHS is one of the most highly audited organisations ...
- 17 Apr 2024, 08:01
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- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
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- Views: 522
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If it so efficient to do it the NHS way why aren't the required level of diagnostics being carried out such that cancer and other outcomes aren't as poor as they are? Germany has 70 scanners per m pop, to our 16, their towns and cities aren't spread over an outback wilderness. Because pre-pandemic ...
- 16 Apr 2024, 21:33
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- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
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- Views: 522
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Not at all, the government hold 'plenty' of such digital information on you already, believe me.... They literally don't. Because aside from your image held on your passport and driving license, unless you're a naughty sod and they have your prints and DNA, everything they have is text or numerical...
- 16 Apr 2024, 21:27
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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The whole thing is structured incorrectly. Look at the link you posted, take Australia and UK, looking at OECD figures Aus is spending 16% more on healthcare per head than we are. So more but not an unreasonable difference, about $879 per head. They have 424% more MRIs and CT machines than the NHS,...
- 16 Apr 2024, 19:25
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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I can look out of my living room window and see on my phone why my neighbours car failed it's MOT in 2016, yet my surgeon has to get his secretary to write to another hospital to get my records!!! We've had computer linked banking since the 1970's for Christ's sake... It's absolutely pathetic quite...
- 16 Apr 2024, 19:12
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
The whole thing is structured incorrectly. Look at the link you posted, take Australia and UK, looking at OECD figures Aus is spending 16% more on healthcare per head than we are. So more but not an unreasonable difference, about $879 per head. They have 424% more MRIs and CT machines than the NHS,...
- 16 Apr 2024, 18:58
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
The whole thing is structured incorrectly. Look at the link you posted, take Australia and UK, looking at OECD figures Aus is spending 16% more on healthcare per head than we are. So more but not an unreasonable difference, about $879 per head. They have 424% more MRIs and CT machines than the NHS,...
- 16 Apr 2024, 18:38
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
- 16 Apr 2024, 16:29
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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"The NHS is internationally recognised as being one of the most cost efficient health care systems in the world." Noone can say you don't have a sense of humour.... It's just reality. Perhaps you could join us here sometime? https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/blogs/comparin...
- 16 Apr 2024, 16:27
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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You think 182 billion is affordable in the long term and apparently it's 'critically' underfunded! ... We are currently spending more than we earn as a country every year and going deeper and deeper into debt, just how long can we afford to keep pouring hundreds of billions into a broken health car...
- 16 Apr 2024, 16:22
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
Ok lets go with your view that the NHS is the best thing since sliced bread and can do no wrong and any issues it does have would magically disappear with a bit more cash. How much more money does it need? £5bn\year, £10bn\year, £100bn\year? I've said nothing of the sort. You clearly believe that t...
- 16 Apr 2024, 15:37
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
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- Views: 522
Re: Labour's likely defence policy
To social housing? To energy infrastructure? To policing?mrclark303 wrote: ↑16 Apr 2024, 14:44 And you don't seem to understand the difference an additional 7/8 billion would mean...
- 16 Apr 2024, 15:34
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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Oh dear, I'll take a wild guess that you work in the NHS in an administrative capacity, as viewing that slow motion car crash from inside out, is the only possible way you could consider it well run...... Nope, try again. You've in total denial if you think it's just dandy, I've claimed nothing of ...
- 16 Apr 2024, 15:27
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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I have but you clearly don't understand it. The link you posted shows the spending in 'real terms' i.e. inflation is accounted for. It confirms on average NHS spending has increased 3.6% a year after inflation. That's after economic inflation (as basket of goods), that's not the inflation that the ...
- 16 Apr 2024, 06:34
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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2.5% is a relitivly low level, it's only returning us to 2010 % levels. That makes zero sense. Relative to what? If in 2010 we paid 2.47% of GDPR, and less since, then that makes 2.5% relatively high. As high as 2000, too. 2.5% would make us 6th highest in NATO. So relative to what is 2.5% low? It'...
- 16 Apr 2024, 06:21
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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NHS funding had gone up by 50% since 2010! Err yeah, that's not surprising when you consider heslthcare inflation and population health. The NHS is poorly run, it's vast administrative arm is something akin to the Soviet Union, where different General hospitals have a small army of administrators, ...
- 16 Apr 2024, 06:13
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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"It's been stated time and time again." They haven't stated anything at all, it's all political hot air and absolutely zero substance.... I suppose all Starmer has to do is carry on waffling about vague this and vague that and hope most don't realise that Labour haven't god a bloody clue,...
- 16 Apr 2024, 06:10
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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NHS funding isn't in disarray it is higher than it has ever been, and that includes billions added by the Tories. Most cuts in government spending in the 14 years have been LAs, who are responsible for social care and the roads. That's such a false representation. The NHS is under increasing pressu...
- 15 Apr 2024, 22:08
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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14 years of Tory austerity and "there's a lot of money that could be moved around". Are you aware of the state of local authorities going bankrupt? The NHS is funding disarray? Schools falling apart? The state of the roads? The lack of big infrastructure projects? Tell me about about Labo...
- 15 Apr 2024, 22:07
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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NHS funding isn't in disarray it is higher than it has ever been, and that includes billions added by the Tories. Most cuts in government spending in the 14 years have been LAs, who are responsible for social care and the roads. That's such a false representation. The NHS is under increasing pressu...
- 15 Apr 2024, 20:33
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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Because the public accounts are FUBAR….. It’s not that simple. HMG has little fiscal headroom because it is choosing not to reallocate funding to different priority areas. UK GDP is now more than £2.2Trillion. Government spending equates to around 45% of that figure. That’s a lot of money that coul...
- 15 Apr 2024, 19:34
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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LMAO. So the Tory fiscal policy is to lose the election by making unfunded promises they can't afford, so that Labour then have to make cuts, which in 5 years might influence an election. That's your joke, right? Really pleased I gave you a laugh but it’s no joke. Why would a policy to increase def...
- 15 Apr 2024, 18:57
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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That makes zero sense. Relative to what? If in 2010 we paid 2.47% of GDPR, and less since, then that makes 2.5% relatively high.mrclark303 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2024, 17:54 2.5% is a relitivly low level, it's only returning us to 2010 % levels.
As high as 2000, too.
2.5% would make us 6th highest in NATO.
So relative to what is 2.5% low?
- 15 Apr 2024, 18:36
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labour's likely defence policy
- Replies: 67
- Views: 522
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Because they can't fund it…. They don’t need to fund it long term, they just need to make it policy at the next fiscal event which will be just before the election. If the first thing a new Labour administration has to do is cut defence spending from 3% of GDP to 2.2% of GDP it will be a disastrous...