"Bill Wright" wrote

You see, you need to think for yourself about each issue, not just blindly
follow the party line.

That is utterly hilarious Bill! "If you don't agree with me its because you
don't think for yourself but are following a party line"!

Do us all a favour Bill and stop spouting such unutterable crap will you?
Socialism is no more about "following a party line" than any other "ism" is,
including capitalism. But I don't know where you think all these
"socialists" are in Britain these days. Clearly not enough to support a
political party of any size whatsoever. Labour had to abandon socialism back
in the '70s to retain any chance whatsoever of being elected. What do we
have now?, Arthur Scargill's "Socialist Worker's Party"? Even the National
Front gets more votes!

Incidentally I think the present government has been duplicitous in the
extreme over the NHS, when you compare pre-election promises with the
present reality.

The present government has got its knickers in a twist over the
health-service reforms because it failed to properly consult with either the
medical profession or the users of the service (the public), neither of
which are in favour of the government's ideologically-driven plans.

David.