O/T Its surprising how people vote

[KerrAvon]

What would the question in the election be? You appear to be convinced that the Tories have an agenda to privatise the NHS - the evidence says otherwise.

Since the creation of the NHS, there have been 39 years of Tory government, 5 years of a Tory led coalition and 26 years of Labour government. During the periods of Tory rule, there have been long periods of time when they had unassailable majorities (notably under Thatcher at a time when the electorate had the 1970s under Labour fresh in their minds). They could have done anything they wished with the NHS.

If your concern about support services being moved into wholly owned by the NHS subsidiaries are the high water mark of the argument it is hardly something to be worried about.

The people had a say in the future of the NHS in the last two General Elections when the Lib Dems offered a rise in Income Tax to pay for it, the Tories offered a stance of 'times are hard, but it's ok' and Labour offered 'somebody else will pay for it'. The Lib Dems, who offered the only honest position, got nowhere.

A referendum on an across the board increase in personal taxes to pay for it would be interesting. It would certainly focus minds on how we are to meet the spiraling costs and the need to drive efficiencies and create savings.