Lord Sugar lashed out at Ken this afternoon and it came out that Ken uses private healthcare.
WHY did Labour nominate this idiot? WHY?
It's very much a taboo. You don't have to pay to go onto the ITN or the Sky website, but you do to use Bupa. And it is a sign of disrespect for the health service.
For a comparison, you'll struggle to find many politicians who want to go far sending their kids to private school.
It also implies that they're being run badly if you're the incumbent.
Good; more people should use private health-care, everywhere. The NHS should be privatized.
You know, British people who share that viewpoint make American Ron Paulites look mainstream by comparison.
I understand that, but from what I've read about the British health-care system, I've always surprised there isn't more support for privatization; maybe I'm just American, but it seems privatizing roads is a much more extreme-capitalist position than privatizing health-care. And I've read a lot of complaint about inefficiency, but again, I get my news largely from American sources + Wikipedia. With hope, this issue will turn around, but I don't think I have that much faith.
Ok, but I just have to mention the last poll I seen on it had more people supporting nationalising supermarkets than privatising the NHS. 
Well, idiots exist everywhere.
Which, of course, does work very well as a 'last word' on the subject...
Well, in the context of actual NHS privatization in Britain in the near future, I'll grant you it does, but certainly not in the context of whether a private or public system is actually better for the people/state. Public opinion isn't everything.
