Captain Haddock wrote:Unfortunately David this is the only way forward. Any attempt at reform by any party will be politicised by opposition parties. We are at such a state with our new secular religion, worship of an NHS which is half myth, that closing down even the most inefficient, expensive and unnecessary department anywhere in the UK would be met with column inches of press coverage and protest from locals.
And?
People aren't as squeamish as you think, take away the dyed in the wool lefties most people realise that we have an ageing and growing population.
I thought politics was about taking unpopular but correct decisions not pandering to the lowest common denominator.