BodhipaksaMay 4, 2023

Hi, people in the UK!

I just got a bill for $3,001.36, which is for one visit to the hospital. That amount is what I have to pay *after* insurance.

Vote the Tories out and protect your #NHS. The system in the US is the system they want for you. They want a profit-making health service because they'd own it and you'd be making them richer every time you go to the doctor.

And people in Scotland: in the long term Labour are not going to save the NHS. Vote #SNP. Make Scotland independent!

Show threadpawkypaulMay 4, 2023
@bodhipaksa the problem is, we knew what was coming for the NHS but people voted Tory anyway. And here we are.
Show threadBodhipaksa
@paulb3017 To be more accurate, 43.6% of voters chose the Tories. The majority rejected them. The UK election system just about worked when the choices were closer to being binary, but in a multi-party system it's seriously dysfunctional.
May 4, 2023 at 4:01pmWeb
Show threadpawkypaulMay 4, 2023
@bodhipaksa yes, unfortunately it doesn't matter if the majority votes against them when they have gamed the system so completely. I understand Labour's entitled leader is now reneging on PR too. There's no hope.
Show threadWolfHMay 4, 2023

@paulb3017 @bodhipaksa Neither Conservatives or Labour will ever introduce PR while in power.

They both know they are done for if they do.

The only way to get PR would be a hung parliament where the smaller partner forces this through.