As I have said many times, I have been a "socialist" all my life and a strong supporter of what used to be one of life's miracles....our wonderful National Health Service.

It was a miracle, serving up medical treatment to all who needed it, free at the point of service.
Looking back I now see that it has been abused by everyone, patients, NHS workers, GPs, consultants, drug companies,PFI builders....

The ethos of service has gone and it has become nothing but a financial "black hole"...a money trough, from which every charlatan and crook fills their pockets.

Be very careful what you wish for Americans!
Without a complete change in the public mindset these fine idealistic ventures are set ot fail, there is no point in leaving children in charge of the sweet shop.

Little Hawk has explained that the answer is within each and every one of us....on a personal level.
All of the Parties, even nominally socialist ones are wedded to a system which says "grab what you can before someone else does"....except when said system is in the shit, then its "were all in this together", which is code for "give us your fuckin money/labour, or we will starve you out.
Someboby said, "There aint no left wing an'right wing.....there's just up wing an down wing"......Its still true, tho' the left, right, up, down have got pretty much mixed up.

Forget the labels start thinkin' like LH