Unless your son in law's dad was born in the back of a fish shop I would guess he has had quite a lot of support from the NHS before he went private, Not that I want to get embroiled in a debate about a personal matter! I guess every large organisation can be run more efficiently, but thats not...
I'm hardly a fanatic but just able to see things for what they are. I was arguing that the wealthiest do not pay proportionately what they should, didn't ever mention that they don't contribute. The point I'm trying to make is that the NHS is a political decision. The Tory have fought to peel...
The reality is that it's not proportionate. Working people are taxed and pay National Insurance which contributes towards the running of the NHS. Others who have huge incomes are given tax breaks and exemptions. Goggle, Amazon (sorry Bozza), well known coffee outlets, all given 'incentives' yet...
I think this is completely missing the point. They do a great good despite the underfunding. The funding is also a political choice. Rather than spend the money on the NHS the Tory government's first priority was to give the wealthy 1% a nice little tax cut. To then ask the less well off to pay...