trying to defend the Conservative record on the NHS!

Comment on Why I’ll Never Vote Conservative at a General Election by David.

WOW you are actually trying to defend the Conservative record on the NHS!!!

You can not seriously argue the Conservatives would have done a better job with the NHS over the last 13 years!!!

When Labour came to power in 1997 we had doctors working 3 days in a row (illegal now), people dieing on trolleys in waiting rooms and waiting lists that were so long many died on them!!!

It’s a completely different NHS today and run a heck of a lot better than the last Tory government managed it and to say otherwise you are either lying for political gain or deluded.

I’m shocked anyone would say the Tories did a better job with the NHS.

The NHS under Labour has made significant steps in the right direction and they have made mistakes. It’s an enormous institution obviously things are going to go wrong. However where under the Conservatives the NHS had widespread problems on the front line, today problems on the front line are no longer widespread. We don’t hear of people waiting on trolleys for 18 hours in most hospitals, now we here of individual hospitals failing to meet high standards (put in place by Labour) and individual doctors or teams screwing up royally.

The problems with the NHS are now localised, not systemic as it was under the Conservatives.

Regarding bureaucracy, yes they probably have too much bureaucracy and that money would be better spent on front line services, that would be a future improvement I’d like to see.

BTW I said “What would the NHS look like today under the Tories after another decade plus of under investment?”

That is clearly asking the question what would have happened if the last 13 years had been under the Conservatives, not what they would they do IF they get in power on May 6th.

We have no idea what the Tories will actually do after May 6th (politicians say one thing to get our vote and do another) if they take power, but we do know what they were doing 13 years ago and had they won the 1997 general election it’s obvious they’d have continued to under invest in the NHS.

BTW where did I call YOU shallow? I said the argument you used was shallow. I have no idea if you are shallow or not and don’t really care as long as you are open to engage in debate, which you apparently are, so that’s a positive for you.

David