I support the NHS

The British NHS is amazing and the envy of much of the world, although successive governments have sought to undermine it, underfund it and implemented policies of creeping privatization to completely destroy it. We talk a lot here in Britain about our national pride, rule Britannia and all that guff. But when looked at it in a cold light there are very few things to be proud of: rising child poverty, spiraling homelessness, growing inequality, social care cutbacks, attacks on the poor and disabled. Are we 'really' proud of that? Of illegal conflicts, dodgey arms deals, corporate excess and exploitation, or our support for numerous despots. I'm not. But I am proud of our NHS, of a cradle to grave assurance of high quality free healthcare for all. The government want to take this from us, sell it off in chunks, just as they have our other public services and national assets. We're faced with a stark choice. The NHS, verses, the American style commercialized horror story of health care? Millions exluded from medical care. An NHS free at the point of use for everyone, inclusive and beautiful or a privatized system where if you can't pay you suffer or die, and even if you can pay, you'll be in hock for the rest of your lives. If you have to think about it there's something wrong with you. Support the NHS and its staff!