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I doubt much was compromised in the way of homeland security tbh … The Immigration Police, Counter-terroism Units and very highly trained airport police weren’t on strike https://www.londoncityairport.com/project-servator...

Perhaps we should just get the military to run the Country - they’re practically doing it anyway - and apparently a lot more efficiently 😂

Border Control - I had 6 relatives arriving from Michigan and New York today, including 2 small children, were supposed to arrive at 0:07 this morning, arrived at 14:00 so a 7 hour delay. When I was told they were delayed, I immediately assumed it was down to border patrol but it wasn’t. The...

Poll closes today - thank you everyone for voting. Feel free to crunch the numbers and interpret them as you wish! Meanwhile this from the picket line today Don’t let it be said that ambulance crews are ‘trying to harm people’!

Thanks - Some background here https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/11/i-just-want-to-live-how-uk-amazon-workers-came-to-brink-of-strike The Coventry strike really will be landmark action in the UK - Amazon has traditionally had a long antipathy to unions and the battle to get...

Been saying much the same thing up thread (albeit in not such a colloquial way 😉) but it got drowned a bit out by a long side debate into the merits of other healthcare systems. People also haven’t seemed to notice just how much this Tory Government has and is continuing to undermine the legal...

If you think people have been ‘defending the status quo in UK healthcare’ on this thread then you clearly havent been reading the whole thread nor following the UK news! No one (except maybe a few Tory Government ministers) wants to maintain the ‘status quo’ in the NHS or in the public at large...

And my 86 year old Mum’s was definitely saved by extraordinary bio-security measures taken by an extremely dedicated mult-disciplined team of over-worked consultants and under-paid nurses when she required a full hip replacement, extensive surgery for a highly invasive cancer and 7 weeks of...

Good point - Only the ones that died from Covid caught by working on the frontlines to maintain essential services or as key workers while the rest of us hunkered down - so not that many 😏

And I wasn’t arguing with that 🙂 - please read back - I’ve repeatedly agreed there needs to be reinvestment - which could start by improving pay conditions for nurses - and I didn’t say you had said anything about ‘dismantling’ - it was a general remark directed at anyone who thinks a private...

I‘m not continuing to post replies as I do not want to dominate the thread answering platitudes and one liner throw away comments! I have said my opinion… EDIT - Just to add, no one has suggested ‘throwing’ money at anything! It’s actually rather disingenuous btw to even suggest that paying...

So you want the NHS dismantled and tell the striking public sector workers to piss off? Sorry but I get really angry when people start blaming the NHS instead of 13 years of Tory neglect for any failings. Yes, proud, because it does not discriminate against the poor or vulnerable and, I can...

Well of course you’d know wouldn't you? I can only go on what I can found out online https://www.thelocal.de/20201002/healthcare-in-germany-your-out-of-pocket-costs-explained-ottonova-tlccu/ “if you’re looking for hair loss treatment, your luck’s out. The same is true if you’re fond of herbal...

Only the supplements not the treatments excluded! Whatever you argue, no one is going to convince me that the NHS should be dismantled and a private healthcare system be bought in. I’m proud of our NHS and will stand up for it until I die 👍

Yes, I know - That wouldn’t include someone like myself though not on benefits or retired

I said ‘cronic healthcare provision’ so eg pharmaceuticals for: Alopecia Chronic allergy treatments nasal sprays €5-10 euros supplements per prescription (personally, I’m on at least 8 prescriptions a month, so that would be at least another €40 per month plus 6 other prescriptions that aren’t...

Indeed. You can track the progress of the Bill here - it’s not yet at committee stage (where any amendments re other public sector workers could be added) https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3350

And it’s about to get a lot tougher for the transport workers because creeping its way very quietly through Parliament is a Bill paving the way for the Government to be able to set a requirement for Minimum Service Levels when a ballot does exceed 50% - and for the Secretary of State to decide...

Well they’re all idiots, but some idiots are more equal than others. I think we could replace them with a Party at least who has a record of fighting for public services workers and redistributing wealth through taxation. A coalition of Lib/Dems would be probably better than this lot or just a...

I think the comment was referring to the Tories - ‘Nazti’ not ‘Nazi’ although the ‘Nasti’ Party would be more politically correct (and also means ‘No way!’ In Spainish and the Tories clearly have lost their way.) (How a certain Spanish forward might feel about having his name used as an...