@peteneville65
Peter Neville
1 year
@cruncherwax You think they don’t want the NHS? I disagree, they just vote Tory because have always done so. I think these are the people who suffer the most without the NHS. Their insurance costs would be unaffordable.
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@peteneville65
Peter Neville
1 year
For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).
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@cruncherwax
David Chung 🦀
1 year
@peteneville65 I am a similar vintage to you, and agree with every word of your excellent thread. The people who need the NHS most don't want it though, according to yougov
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@NeilCox139
Neil Cox
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax I was with you until you started banging on about morally bankrupt govt and older people voting Tory. Then it was clear you are in the business of smearing the Tories rather than getting to the root of our issues. I wonder if the vested interests in the NHS are the problem?
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@TheGoodStatsMan
The Good Statistician aka Nigel Jacklin
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax The older tories I've spoken to don't want to give the NHS more money without efficiency improvements.
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@cruncherwax
David Chung 🦀
1 year
@peteneville65 Exactly, they will suffer most, but they vote for the party which is destroying it.
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@WilliamMcIlhag1
name and some numbers
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax The plan will be to exempt pensioners from medical insurance, to keep them happy, and get everyone else to pay more, because less of them vote tory
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@Carls_Lexicon
Carl’s Lexicon
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax An exceptional thread Peter. Thank You for all you and your colleagues do. Our 💙 aches for you. When this truly awful Govt is finally gone hopefully it will be acknowledged what damage they have deliberately done to our #NHS 🤬
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@cutbillm
Martin Cutbill #FBPE
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax Statistically that cannot be true. If the over 70s cohort had always voted Tory then historically we would not have had a Labour government. It is people getting more Tory as they age (aka turkeys voting for Christmas).
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@sashmaster
Sasa V, NP(F) - Venerable Millennial
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax Doc, as a Canadian NP who just got here, I can’t believe the shit I’m seeing. You guys should have hit the alarm years ago. I’m here to support all my new NHS colleagues in their right to SAFE and dignified work (wages and conditions) for all healthcare professionals
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@SBarutta
Stefania Barutta
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax Someone needs to educate them, because not only do they vote Tory they also blame people like me who thankfully don’t need the NHS but pay my taxes & my business Corporation Tax,but as I am an immigrant it’s all my fault the NHS is failing.
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@Eagle_ImagesDV
Eagle Images
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax By alienating their voters, Labour have created several castes of new tories. In the last 3 elections our choice was a Tory or a Marxist. The next election will be a Tory or a man who doesn't know what a woman is. New Tories don't vote that way because they support NHS cuts.
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@RoySmar39694978
Roy Smart
1 year
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@alex__ross
Alex Ross
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax Correct. People who vote Tory often do it FOR the NHS, because they’ve been manipulated into thinking the Tories will help it. They’re absolutely to blame though. The truth isn’t hard to find.
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@MrBoyce
Christopher Boyce
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax They vote Tory because they have been tricked into believing that tories care about them (they don’t) and they are mostly a bit racist so vote to exclude anyone foreign. Boomers are to blame and they are going to suffer first. We need to save the country for Gen x!!
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@ichem_TIR
CK
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax Elders vote Tory in greater numbers having built assets which they fear losing to taxation. They do not fully appreciate the Sahara of value they extract from NHS as age increases. Only when it’s too late will many understand it’s loss.. great thread. Thanks for posting
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@bea_johanssen
Bea Johanssen
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax They want a health service that works - not a political football. At some point, NHS managers earning far more than the PM/FMs need to be held to account for performance. The NHS takes 12% of our national GDP - higher than most European countries and for worse outcomes.
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@craigmartin46
craig weaver-martin🙂
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax It's the opposite in Wales. Labour retain power for the same reasons you state people vote Tory but our NHS is even worse than England.
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@bryan_mylod
Bryan mylod
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax Not true, I was a labour voter all my life. They’re unelectable.
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@Su51ald19481306
Empress Su Aldridge 💙
1 year
@peteneville65 @cruncherwax Such an important point! I’m a retired professional and I am ‘comfortable’. However, there’s no room for manoeuvre- if I have to pay for insurance I want be able to have the retirement I planned. The older you are the greater an insurance risk, thus more expensive to insured.
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