You have to laugh at the Conservatives, they rant as if it’s everybody else’s fault. They forget to mention that they’re the ones who created these problems & implemented these policies that they’re now railing against. They implemented the 2030 petrol car limit. They made it easier for people to get PIP higher rate with unprovable psychological disorders, than it is for people with provable physical disorders. As for Reform, it basically just copying Trump policies. It’s all about making the better off much better off. They’re going to get rid of NHS waiting list within 2 years, how? By giving tax relief to the better off using private healthcare. Their idea for improvement of schools, tax relief for private schools. Their idea to stop the small boats is to intercept them in the channel and take them back to France. But they don’t mention that it’s impossible unless France allows it, which there’s no way they would. People need to read the policies of these parties before getting carried away with the hype. Labour has just taken pathetic to a whole new level. Like Trump, it’s easy to promise the earth with no intention of achieving it, but use the opportunity to enrich themselves. (All 3 political parties) “We’re all doomed”. .. and rightly so for voting these clowns into power.
I agree with much of this, but with a few exceptions. Yes, the Tories set the 2030 date for ICE cut off but subsequently realised that it wasn’t achievable so pushed it back 5 years, only for the incoming Labour government to push it forward again to 2030. With the EU now looking like it’s going to move its 2035 date to 2040 and the Tories and Reform saying that they will scrap the targets altogether, the only debate now is how much longer can Labour hold out on this farce of the 2030 cut off before admitting defeat. If they’ve got any sense they will do it when the EU announces the shift to 2040 and blame them for it (although it won’t stop the ‘yet another U turn comments)!
Personally, I think that encouraging those who could potentially consider private healthcare to do so, thus making NHS waiting lists move quicker for those who can’t, is a very sensible idea. Also, as Labour have now discovered, every child forced out of private schooling puts added pressure (and cost) on the state sector. Pursuing an ideology doesn’t always make economic sense!