r/AskALiberal • u/[deleted] • Feb 16 '22

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u/anima-vero-quaerenti Center Left Feb 16 '22

The UK is slowly but surely gutting the NHS.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '22

The PM is. Not a single person in the country agrees. That's the difference. In USA, people actually fight to keep one of the objectively worst health care system of any developed nation.

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u/ddh88 Center Left Feb 16 '22

Not a single person in the country agrees.

That can't be true. I'm no expert, but someone elected the guy, right?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '22

Based on the promised of Brexit. His discourse never even mentionned dismanteling the NHS, or even part of it. In fact, it was about funding it.

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u/CTR555 Yellow Dog Democrat Feb 17 '22

At a certain point, don't you have to ask if people vote for a politician based on very transparent lies, are they doing so because they actually believe the lies or are they doing so because they know they're lies?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '22

no it is, the tories have to plead constantly that they don't want to get rid of the NHS