I still say that if NHI goes ahead that all private medical coverage for any government official or employee ceases. MP's...the PM...the lot...they are all forced to use the NHI like everyone else. No exceptions.

Let the good Bishop and the church jump off of some of their funds. Time to remove the tax and duty exemptions on churches...then let's see how they start crying about taxation.

Another useless law in the books that will only be selectively enforced to penalize select individuals.

The UK system is not much better, have numerous family over there that also wait MONTHS for specialist care. Some have waited a year or more for knee and hip repairs. If you have a busted knee that has disabled you, should that person have to wait nearly a year just for the consultation on what to do with it?? Then another 6+ months to repair the ACL? Nearly 2 years as well for a hip replacement. We are convinced that the NHS is playing a waiting game in hopes that the patients croaks before they actually have to do the serious work. Unless you have something life threatening that gets dealt with in the E.R. (which is also a several hour wait)...don't expect anything efficient about it at all.

You all can't even contain or fix a KNOWN oil leak out at Clifton...now you want to allow drilling for that crap? Get real!!

Did I hear something about Leslie Miller just being made Chairman?

...just hang my head in shame...

...and the PLP are improving things and keeping up with what they promised Birdie? We've gone from bad to worse thanks to your team in yellow...

Now let's give them the maintenance chore of the new ATR fleet...a fleet notorious in the industry for being VERY dependent on top notch maintenance...a LOT of maintenance and a lot of high tech. We are doomed.

Another knee jerk reactionary concept...more police in the schools would not have stopped this as the incident did not happen at the school.