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[webofevil]

On the weekend I came across this postcard, which I bought in my final year of school, 1990. How apt that I should happen upon it in time to commemorate the month when the Conservatives—to the eager applause of Labour's Alan Milburn and with the baffling and suicidal support of the Liberal Democrats—were finally able to bring their long-term plans to fruition and begin to parcel off the NHS, the free-marketeer's nemesis, to their loyal friends and supporters.

Coincidentally I now live very close to the hospital in the photo, which is why I can vouch that about 12 years ago it was, with wearying predictability, converted into luxury flatlets.

Comments

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Health is not a reserved matter, so the NHS in Scotland is run by the Scottish parliament. The Scottish NHS is going to face budget cuts similar to those in England over the next couple of years though.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Budget cuts that the SNP have quite cleverly postponed these last two years, so that they will hit really hard over the next two years, letting them point at the evil English and say look, it's all their fault, vote for independence!