Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments. 'This was what the austerity years of the coalition government gave us..
.' Having endured five hours of agony in A&E , Carly (MetroTalk, Tue) wants to know what happened to our NHS and whether those in charge know how bad it is. The current state of our NHS is the result of 14 years of Tory ideology put into practice.
Following Margaret Thatcher’s example, Conservative ministers continued to ‘shrink the state’ – ie overseeing managed decline. This was what the austerity years of the coalition government (led by David Cameron and George Osborne) gave us. According to this, effectively disproven, ideology, our national services were on track to become lower tier services used by only the poor, with richer people opting for the more expensive privately owned and run services that can afford to deliver better outcomes.
Subsequent Tory governments also held to this principle and it is why they did nothing to repair the various problems, and why our police, dentists, water, rail, prisons, schools, social housing etc are all in their current shameful state. Judy Baldwinson, via email METRO TALK - HAVE YOUR SAY Let us know what you think..
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