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"Whataboutism" neither makes the OP's points wrong nor makes him a hypocrite if that's what you're suggesting. There are plenty ready to flag up the sins of the left. Ernest's job is to flag up the rest. :shrug:

No. I don't know all the details but for medics there are written exams and also a probationary period.

Of course we do the same. Qualified practitioners are exactly that. Red herring, BG.

Agree. Not all of them but enough. I have waxed lyrical on this previously. I can't see how a genuine conservative could stomach a socialist health care system (or school system for that matter.....oh....hang on)

Good. We have lots on which we agree, albeit differ perhaps on where to apportion blame. Personally I now try to avoid this (although it is easy to slip into doing so), and recognise that 'ees complicated' as Gussie used to say. Yes I do remember red robbo and his chums. And red ken...

So was I. Why was it that even with the same weak labour laws and an open door policy for immigration from the commonwealth (policies dating from 1948) we had a 1960s boom (under Wilson) and yet as soon as Heath got it it all went to bollocks? Heath was weak and foolish. The One Nation...

None of that happend under 3 consecutive Mr Tony governments. If you want to go back into the distant past to make a point I give you an East London tory election slogan from the 60s: 'If you want a n****r for a neighbour, vote labour'. I would prefer to compare the present tories (not racist)...

Good posts Ernest. With the relentless sniping and scaremongering about what Corbyn may or may not do, lest we forget - what the torys are continuing to actually do. 'He met members of the IRA in the 1980s' can't be the rabbit to pull out of the hat to absolve the torys of all and every one of...