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He’s not hiding that’s his end goal. Pre-election announcement, Farage standing to reform added a few % points to Reform which will cannibalise Tory vote. We need something to shake up the old order of things and only the Greens and Reform offer alternatives for the left and right respectively...

You can be both simultaneously depending on who you talk to… 😂

I can’t remember which year it was, either FIFA 10, 11 or 12 and John Carew played for Stoke - perhaps a Jan update. One of my mates went on a stupid 30-something winning streak against 4-5 of us it was a piss take. The thing is, ‘normal’ 4.5-5 stars it was even stevens. John Carew still gives...

Some experience is need and as long as the contract is favourable, it could be a good signing. First impression isn’t amazement though to be honest!

Us or France! Spain are a team I always feel are a bit overhyped as a hangover from the 2008-2012 era. The same passing ability but without the greatness of that team.

Right, thank you for that! I’ll get on the website at 10:30! Thank you!

I seen this on the website and I’m looking to get my seat next to mates who have a STH in their groups who are not renewing. My understanding is that those seats of people not renewing will be released on Friday, is that correct?

This doesn’t surprise me but I hadn’t seen the data to support my bias. His passes have also got less progressive too, so I don’t think him leaving will be a disaster. It’s nowhere near losing a Hamer, Vik or Sheaf. He could be all action but perhaps needs a proper preseason and to get out of...

I thought they’re released on Friday but for some reason we need to secure our seat by 10:00 today. I’m in the FZ and need to move out because my brother is no longer an U18.

If you actually care about the NHS, the worst thing you could do is pretend everything is all ok and money will just solve all the problems. It’s wishful thinking and even Labour accept that is not a tenable long term solution. There’s no easy answers and without meaningful reforms, the NHS is...

It’s from one of Attlee’s biographers. The decision to reintroduce prescriptions caused Bevan, Harold Wilson and others to resign from government. It was a twofold issue, there was a pressing need for defence spending (as it is today) as well as people overusing the new service. Then there’s...

No they’re not. In France, private health insurance patients can’t skip the queues like they can in this country. This apprehension around reform and considering other concepts that other healthcare systems do compared to us is a blocker to fixing the issues we have. It’s paranoia to think...

The argument was made by Attlee’s government (including Bevan) and his early Tory counterpart McLeod. The exact quote is something about being a deterrent against ‘overwhelming surgeries’. Again, since its inception the issue of extra costs have been floated about. Specifically around GP visits...

When the NHS was founded, prescriptions were free of charge and this was scrapped in 1952. They tried a abolish said charges in 1965 and reintroduced in 1968. The reason because people were overusing the system and it put pressure on the system. Hence, we have means tested free prescriptions.

I don’t disagree with the principle at all but as mentioned with the late fees, it can drive this up and the costs of chasing unpaid late fees could be costly. In other systems, you pay to see a doctor in advance of the appointment, it varies country to country but using France as an example...

What a ridiculous thing to say. Universality is a feature of most European healthcare systems and indeed the Australian system. Again, we use private hospitals in the NHS as things stand so it’s not incompatible with our model. If the NHS dies because well meaning people thwart any rational...

At the current trajectory, the NHS will have introducecharges for GP visits and hospital stays, we already have to pay for prescription fees. In both France and Australia, the health insurance is socialised and it funded similarly to how our own national insurance works - direct from pay...

You’ve not been reading this thread have you? France and Australia, two examples highlighted operate on the same principles as the NHS. Their funding model is different.

Firstly, the cost of maintaining a hospital/school is day-to-day spending so yes, PFI was brought in manage this and outsource the spending from government spending. With SHI models, everyone gets cover so people ‘losing healthcare’ is a boogeyman comment. The big problem Shmeee is that...

Aren’t perfect, yet beat NHS on most metrics because their funding models funnels money more directly into patient care. There’s an acceptance from Shmmeee and Fernando that the health outcomes are worse because of obesity and/or poverty.