FC Ronaldo
Posts stuff that's been said before in tweet form
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Appreciate the reply, especially given the volume of people having a pop at your post which I didn't think was fair (each allowed to their opinion after all).And your justification is why the whole government process is inherently flawed. It's always about the here and now. Tony Blair's labour government spent too much money when the economy was booming. There was no saving, no contingency, so when the banking crash came there was no pot to turn to and instead a dramatic increase in the government debt and with this interest payments.
Or put simply Labour's short term thinking has resulted in many years of the downside in NHS being much harsher now.
So Conservatives look like they are in the wrong, but they are trying to fix the mess so eventually a steady level of service can be provided at optimal levels without money wasted on interest payments.
If Labour spend spend spend now, again this will only result in an even bigger down swing
I have to reject your notion of my post being short termism though because NHS funding is exactly the opposite. It will always grow and will always be there until problems are fixed. The longer the problems remain and are allowed to worsen, the longer it takes to fix it. No party will want to be the one to take the NHS agenda out of a political manifesto however only the Labour party are making an accountable pledge to address key measures that affect us all each and every day. Therefore suggesting that Labour's previous borrowing and spending across the board previously led to a lack of funding being available thereafter is a very weak counter that is inherently flawed and barely worth raising for aforementioned reasons.
I won't repeat myself as I made my point on NHS constitutional standards being abysmal right now and again, I'm not seeking to have a pop at you or your views, I'm just attempting to offer a different perspective considering my experience of dealing with these very issues each and every day in my job within the NHS.