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With question marks still hanging over voting intention polling there’s been a lot more focus on leader ratings which seemed to have performed far better as voting indicators at GE2015.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
FPT Dawkins & co. I suppose it's the complete - for want of a better term - paranoia, about religious practice that grates with me. Someone who equates taking a child to church with child abuse is frankly unhinged.
Of course Tories are bloody satisfied with Corbyn's performance. Consigning Labour to the electoral dust bin of history
Just imagine how satisfied with Corbyn you must be if you're a Tory who sells/produces popcorn?
The strategic reserve is running low... prices can only go one way!
A very naive and dangerous assumption if meant seriously (which I don't think it was). The unthinkable can happen. Just as a former Scottish Labour MP or Lib Dem one. An electoral bloodbath on those scales is not likely but not unimaginable either.
Sean I'd have no objection to this particular advert being shown at cinemas. But cinemas have a long standing blanket policy not to show political or religious adverts to avoid risking upsetting customers. I respect their right to make that decision. Sorry if you've already answered it but do you?
So long as they are consistent and ban all such material then fair enough. If it was just this while others were being allowed it would be a much bigger deal.
Of course Tories are bloody satisfied with Corbyn's performance. Consigning Labour to the electoral dust bin of history
Just imagine how satisfied with Corbyn you must be if you're a Tory who sells/produces popcorn?
The strategic reserve is running low... prices can only go one way!
A very naive and dangerous assumption if meant seriously (which I don't think it was). The unthinkable can happen. Just as a former Scottish Labour MP or Lib Dem one. An electoral bloodbath on those scales is not likely but not unimaginable either.
FPT Dawkins & co. I suppose it's the complete - for want of a better term - paranoia, about religious practice that grates with me. Someone who equates taking a child to church with child abuse is frankly unhinged.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking. Also didn't that recent report (commonwealth?) say the NHS was pretty dire at patient outcomes?
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking. Also didn't that recent report (commonwealth?) say the NHS was pretty dire at patient outcomes?
It was OECD and said it was dire at some things - most notably preventing illness and cancer survival rates. And guess what? Public Health which was transferred to local councils by the mad Lansley will be slashed by Osborne ever further on Wednesday.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking. Also didn't that recent report (commonwealth?) say the NHS was pretty dire at patient outcomes?
It was OECD and said it was dire at some things - most notably preventing illness and cancer survival rates. And guess what? Public Health which was transferred to local councils by the mad Lansley will be slashed by Osborne ever further on Wednesday.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
I wasn't going to mention this, but I think your post warrants it.
Mother in law in hospital.
Conflicting stories about what is wrong from staff which is bad enough, but...... today wife and her sister visited hospital and the two nurses on duty that they spoke to had a poor understanding of English.
There were also problems yesterday and my sister in law had to insist nurses check something (nurses said everything was ok and that a certain thing had happened) - Check revealed that no, this was not the case.
The NHS is not a religion and it certainly is not best in class.
BTW - this pittance that you get by on, put a number to it.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
The USA has no national healthcare system, but multiple systems that cover some of the most expensive parts of the population. Medicare (the elderly), Medicaid (low incomes), the VHA (military veterans), the MHS (serving military), between them they spend a fortune, and there are probably some other big programmes I've forgotten. It is a barmy system of healthcare.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking. Also didn't that recent report (commonwealth?) say the NHS was pretty dire at patient outcomes?
It was OECD and said it was dire at some things - most notably preventing illness and cancer survival rates. And guess what? Public Health which was transferred to local councils by the mad Lansley will be slashed by Osborne ever further on Wednesday.
I thought health funding was ring fenced?
DoH funding was but as it has gone up less in the last 5 years than for decades and is falling as a percentage of GDP. Public Health (that's initiatives to tackle obesity, alocohol and drug abuse, smoking, treating of STIs) was transferred to councils - that wasn't ring fenced and has been slashed.
Also social care (social workers, modifications to housing to get people home, hole helps, meals on wheels etc) are also local council and have been for some time. That is also coming under strain and as a result the number of patients who are medically fit for discharge but cannot be discharged because of social issues has risen 20% in the last yer and is at the highest level ever. And we already have far, far fewer hospital beds to start with than many other European countries.
I agree. Looking over the numbers, you have to feel that Mike is right about the wording. 'Favourable' has much less ambiguity to it than 'satisfied' or even 'doing well'.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Dunno how spurs failed to score 10 today vs Olympic Ham
Because you don't have Jurgen Klopp managing Spurs. That's why.
Liverpool scored four past the league leaders despite not starting the match with any strikers.
Hammers still 6th mind
Wonder how long we've got to say Chelsea are the worst PL London team?? Next Sunday is already worrying me, it's the hope that ruins my normal equilibrium...
I agree. Looking over the numbers, you have to feel that Mike is right about the wording. 'Favourable' has much less ambiguity to it than 'satisfied' or even 'doing well'.
The other aspect to this is Miliband had poor leader ratings, yet he consistently led Labour to 40% plus in the polls/and double digit leads.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Dunno how spurs failed to score 10 today vs Olympic Ham
Because you don't have Jurgen Klopp managing Spurs. That's why.
Liverpool scored four past the league leaders despite not starting the match with any strikers.
Hammers still 6th mind
Wonder how long we've got to say Chelsea are the worst PL London team?? Next Sunday is already worrying me, it's the hope that ruins my normal equilibrium...
I believe IOS has already called the match for Chelsea.
Something to do with Chelsea's superior ground game.
I agree. Looking over the numbers, you have to feel that Mike is right about the wording. 'Favourable' has much less ambiguity to it than 'satisfied' or even 'doing well'.
The other aspect to this is Miliband had poor leader ratings, yet he consistently led Labour to 40% plus in the polls/and double digit leads.
Can Corbyn do the same ?
Yes Yes for one word, swap tory for Labour then it's all good.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Well it's the Economist's graph. The answer is probably in the second sentence. We need more staff and we have to stop people becoming unwell in the first place. Treating easily preventable illness - diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc is expensive.
bloated and inefficient it may be, but you can always get a doctor's appointment the next day, an MRI within 24 hours, and if you need a procedure you get to choose your date - which you know won't get changed.
You also get to choose your doctor, your surgeon and your hospital.
United Healthcare, the country's largest health insurer, has said it may withdraw from Obamacare after it lost $400 million on it this year. So it may end up being a tad less bloated. Obamacare has been a disaster for the US healthcare system.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking. Also didn't that recent report (commonwealth?) say the NHS was pretty dire at patient outcomes?
It was OECD and said it was dire at some things - most notably preventing illness and cancer survival rates. And guess what? Public Health which was transferred to local councils by the mad Lansley will be slashed by Osborne ever further on Wednesday.
I thought health funding was ring fenced?
DoH funding was but as it has gone up less in the last 5 years than for decades and is falling as a percentage of GDP. Public Health (that's initiatives to tackle obesity, alocohol and drug abuse, smoking, treating of STIs) was transferred to councils - that wasn't ring fenced and has been slashed.
Also social care (social workers, modifications to housing to get people home, hole helps, meals on wheels etc) are also local council and have been for some time. That is also coming under strain and as a result the number of patients who are medically fit for discharge but cannot be discharged because of social issues has risen 20% in the last yer and is at the highest level ever. And we already have far, far fewer hospital beds to start with than many other European countries.
can you show me department of health funding falling as percent of gdp?
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Well it's the Economist's graph. The answer is probably in the second sentence. We need more staff and we have to stop people becoming unwell in the first place. Treating easily preventable illness - diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc is expensive.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
@Chris_A DoH funding was (you mistyped "is") but as it has gone up less (you mistyped "is continuing to go up") in the last 5 years than for decades and is falling as a percentage of GDP.
Falling as a percentage of GDP? That's a wonderful way of saying that the economy is booming. Thanks for the vote of confidence in George Osborne, I'm sure he'll appreciate it!
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Well it's the Economist's graph. The answer is probably in the second sentence. We need more staff and we have to stop people becoming unwell in the first place. Treating easily preventable illness - diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc is expensive.
It's the graph you have chosen to highlight. That graph shows that the nation's you've chose to highlight as being better receive less state funding than our NHS does. So if state funding isn't the problem what is? The lack of private funding?
When I lived in Australia in the nineties they tried a policy of encouraging tax breaks for private medical care as it was cheaper for the state to do that than to pay for the whole treatment. Meaning the state resources could be better managed on those who needed it. Yet here if someone is able to fund private care actually doing some is viewed as a form of apostasy not a good deed.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Well it's the Economist's graph. The answer is probably in the second sentence. We need more staff and we have to stop people becoming unwell in the first place. Treating easily preventable illness - diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc is expensive.
It's not. It's the treating of it that's expensive.
Advice and education is cheaper but budgets are being cut, and the Tories leap up and down screaming "nanny state" at any meaningful health initiatives re tax on unhealthy food, or unhealthy lifestyle choices.
The Sun: "1 in 5 British Muslims have sympathy for ISIS, 1 in 4 young British Muslims".
That correlates with the opinion polling of 26% of british muslims who thought the charlie hebdo attacks were justified.
I wonder what proportion of white Labour voters thought the same? The leader seems to and he's not a Muslim.
Blaming all Muslims for terrorism is like blaming all musicians for Justin Bieber.
who blamed all muslims? Fortunately i only need to blame one in four. Just remember. One in four of those lovely diverse muslims you see, want to bring the UK into a caliphate.
Belgian police have made 16 arrests in anti-terror raids in Brussels, prosecutor confirms, but fugitive Salah Abdeslam is not among them.
Thats because he is driving right now.
I didn't even know he played golf
On a serious note it's quite amazing how Belgium has gone - in 9 days - from being a faceless host of the EU to a pariah state breeding muslim terrorists for ISIS, with an incompetent looking police and security force. Probably an unfair charge but that's how it looks.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Well it's the Economist's graph. The answer is probably in the second sentence. We need more staff and we have to stop people becoming unwell in the first place. Treating easily preventable illness - diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc is expensive.
It's not. It's the treating of it that's expensive.
Advice and education is cheaper but budgets are being cut, and the Tories leap up and down screaming "nanny state" at any meaningful health initiatives re tax on unhealthy food, or unhealthy lifestyle choices.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Well it's the Economist's graph. The answer is probably in the second sentence. We need more staff and we have to stop people becoming unwell in the first place. Treating easily preventable illness - diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc is expensive.
It's not. It's the treating of it that's expensive.
Advice and education is cheaper but budgets are being cut, and the Tories leap up and down screaming "nanny state" at any meaningful health initiatives re tax on unhealthy food, or unhealthy lifestyle choices.
There are very very few 'unhealthy foods'.
But there are plenty that are high in sodium, in calories, in fat - or all three.
The Sun: "1 in 5 British Muslims have sympathy for ISIS, 1 in 4 young British Muslims".
That correlates with the opinion polling of 26% of british muslims who thought the charlie hebdo attacks were justified.
I wonder what proportion of white Labour voters thought the same? The leader seems to and he's not a Muslim.
Blaming all Muslims for terrorism is like blaming all musicians for Justin Bieber.
who blamed all muslims? Fortunately i only need to blame one in four. Just remember. One in four of those lovely diverse muslims you see, want to bring the UK into a caliphate.
Bit of a stretch to turn 1 in 5 have some sympathy for ISIS to 1 in 4 want to turn the UK into a caliphate. That's before you even get into the credibility of the polling in the first place.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Well it's the Economist's graph. The answer is probably in the second sentence. We need more staff and we have to stop people becoming unwell in the first place. Treating easily preventable illness - diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc is expensive.
It's not. It's the treating of it that's expensive.
Advice and education is cheaper but budgets are being cut, and the Tories leap up and down screaming "nanny state" at any meaningful health initiatives re tax on unhealthy food, or unhealthy lifestyle choices.
There are very very few 'unhealthy foods'.
But there are plenty that are high in sodium, in calories, in fat - or all three.
But we are now told they aren't unhealthy in a balanced diet with exercise.
The Sun: "1 in 5 British Muslims have sympathy for ISIS, 1 in 4 young British Muslims".
That correlates with the opinion polling of 26% of british muslims who thought the charlie hebdo attacks were justified.
I wonder what proportion of white Labour voters thought the same? The leader seems to and he's not a Muslim.
Blaming all Muslims for terrorism is like blaming all musicians for Justin Bieber.
who blamed all muslims? Fortunately i only need to blame one in four. Just remember. One in four of those lovely diverse muslims you see, want to bring the UK into a caliphate.
Bit of a stretch to turn 1 in 5 have some sympathy for ISIS to 1 in 4 want to turn the UK into a caliphate. That's before you even get into the credibility of the polling in the first place.
The credibility of the polling point may be valid, it may not, but if someone has sympathy for Isis I dont see why they deserve the distinction, if they have one, from supporting the full aims of Isis. Some organisations and ideologies are so vile you cannot be a little bit sympathetic to them as if you can ignore the vileness. We would not forgive someone with nazi sympathies because they don't support everything the nazis stood for.
Good night all.
Yes, I went Godwin on this. But people cannot divorce the reality of is from some some abstract sympathy with various grievances or vague statements, and we should not allow people to pretend that either.
It's a classic 'if' comment - they are not unhealthy IF you eat a balanced diet and exercise regularly. But those who eat a regular fast food diet - and that's really what we are talking about here - are probably on the poorer side of society and thus less likely to exercise regularly or eat a balanced diet.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Well it's the Economist's graph. The answer is probably in the second sentence. We need more staff and we have to stop people becoming unwell in the first place. Treating easily preventable illness - diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc is expensive.
It's not. It's the treating of it that's expensive.
Advice and education is cheaper but budgets are being cut, and the Tories leap up and down screaming "nanny state" at any meaningful health initiatives re tax on unhealthy food, or unhealthy lifestyle choices.
There are very very few 'unhealthy foods'.
But there are plenty that are high in sodium, in calories, in fat - or all three.
But we are now told they aren't unhealthy in a balanced diet with exercise.
I'm not sure that the chart shows why the Doctors are striking.
Yeah we spend more than the OECD average, and more the Spain and Italy which as far as I know have decent healthcare. To my eyes the thing that stands out is that our private sector is relatively small, perhaps we need to expand that alongside some rationing of less essential NHS services to encourage people to go private.
Includes countries such as Chile, Mexico, Turkey.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Despite less state funding as your graph shows. Why is that and what lessons can we learn from them?
Well it's the Economist's graph. The answer is probably in the second sentence. We need more staff and we have to stop people becoming unwell in the first place. Treating easily preventable illness - diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc is expensive.
It's not. It's the treating of it that's expensive.
Advice and education is cheaper but budgets are being cut, and the Tories leap up and down screaming "nanny state" at any meaningful health initiatives re tax on unhealthy food, or unhealthy lifestyle choices.
The Sun: "1 in 5 British Muslims have sympathy for ISIS, 1 in 4 young British Muslims".
That correlates with the opinion polling of 26% of british muslims who thought the charlie hebdo attacks were justified.
I wonder what proportion of white Labour voters thought the same? The leader seems to and he's not a Muslim.
Blaming all Muslims for terrorism is like blaming all musicians for Justin Bieber.
who blamed all muslims? Fortunately i only need to blame one in four. Just remember. One in four of those lovely diverse muslims you see, want to bring the UK into a caliphate.
Bit of a stretch to turn 1 in 5 have some sympathy for ISIS to 1 in 4 want to turn the UK into a caliphate. That's before you even get into the credibility of the polling in the first place.
The credibility of the polling point may be valid, it may not, but if someone has sympathy for Isis I dont see why they deserve the distinction, if they have one, from supporting the full aims of Isis. Some organisations and ideologies are so vile you cannot be a little bit sympathetic to them as if you can ignore the vileness. We would not forgive someone with nazi sympathies because they don't support everything the nazis stood for.
Good night all.
Yes, I went Godwin on this. But people cannot divorce the reality of is from some some abstract sympathy with various grievances or vague statements, and we should not allow people to pretend that either.
The Godwin reference is appropriate - IS is indeed vile, inhuman and indefensible.
The polling question doesn't ask whether they have sympathy for Isis but whether they have sympathy for 'young Muslims in the uk who leave to join fighters in Syria'. Still not a happy finding but it is possible to have some sympathy with someone who's gone to fight against Assad while thinking they are wrong. I can't imagine the pollster is happy with the headline if the question doesn't mention Isis. You could equally answer yes to that question if you have sympathy for someone who has gone to fight for the FSA or peshmerga.
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
I was watching the NASCAR race in Homestead and lost the will to live for a while.
CNN has a piece on Davide Martello, the pianist who cycles round Paris with a grand piano behind his bicycle. He pedals up, then plays John Lennon's Imagine and everybody cries. Quite amazing.
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
The Kirchner woman is horrid, so it looks like good news
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
If he can govern as a relatively centrist honest non-Peronist it would be a blessing for Argentina. Wonderful country but terribly governed. Spanish caudillismo and Italian populist corruption. Dismal.
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
The Kirchner woman is horrid, so it looks like good news
Yes also good news for the Falklands as he wants a more amicable relationship with the UK
So we now know that 2 of the Paris attackers landed on the Greek island of Leros and found their way to Paris without being detected.
To any sane person, that should spell the end of Schengen.
But watching Dateline London this morning, (why is Polly Toynbee or some other Grauniad reporter always on it?), three correspondents were discussing the Schengen problem rationally, but the French reporter (usually lucid, fact based and rational) was levitating with anger, almost as if someone were inserting half a raw onion in his rectum, and saying that Schengen's abolition was unthinkable. When asked why, all he could come up with is that "It's part of the European ideal."
That's not even an argument, just an almost blind religious commitment and fervor to the EU 'ideal'. I'd like to stuff an entire raw onion up his rectum. Maybe a couple.
It's nonsense like this that makes me dislike the EU.
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
If he can govern as a relatively centrist honest non-Peronist it would be a blessing for Argentina. Wonderful country but terribly governed. Spanish caudillismo and Italian populist corruption. Dismal.
Indeed, he has been Mayor of Buenos Aires and a successful businessman so fingers crossed, night
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
The Kirchner woman is horrid, so it looks like good news
Yes also good news for the Falklands as he wants a more amicable relationship with the UK
Translation - he's not going to get any economic aid or business from the UK if Las Malvinas remains an issue.
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
The Kirchner woman is horrid, so it looks like good news
Yes also good news for the Falklands as he wants a more amicable relationship with the UK
Translation - he's not going to get any economic aid or business from the UK if Las Malvinas remains an issue.
The French regard the EU as their last chance to build an empire capable of rivalling the United States. That's why they don't want to give up on Schengen no matter what happens.
So we now know that 2 of the Paris attackers landed on the Greek island of Leros and found their way to Paris without being detected.
To any sane person, that should spell the end of Schengen.
But watching Dateline London this morning, (why is Polly Toynbee or some other Grauniad reporter always on it?), three correspondents were discussing the Schengen problem rationally, but the French reporter (usually lucid, fact based and rational) was levitating with anger, almost as if someone were inserting half a raw onion in his rectum, and saying that Schengen's abolition was unthinkable. When asked why, all he could come up with is that "It's part of the European ideal."
That's not even an argument, just an almost blind religious commitment and fervor to the EU 'ideal'. I'd like to stuff an entire raw onion up his rectum. Maybe a couple.
It's nonsense like this that makes me dislike the EU.
The French regard the EU as their last chance to build an empire capable of rivalling the United States. That's why they don't want to give up on Schengen no matter what happens.
So we now know that 2 of the Paris attackers landed on the Greek island of Leros and found their way to Paris without being detected.
To any sane person, that should spell the end of Schengen.
But watching Dateline London this morning, (why is Polly Toynbee or some other Grauniad reporter always on it?), three correspondents were discussing the Schengen problem rationally, but the French reporter (usually lucid, fact based and rational) was levitating with anger, almost as if someone were inserting half a raw onion in his rectum, and saying that Schengen's abolition was unthinkable. When asked why, all he could come up with is that "It's part of the European ideal."
That's not even an argument, just an almost blind religious commitment and fervor to the EU 'ideal'. I'd like to stuff an entire raw onion up his rectum. Maybe a couple.
It's nonsense like this that makes me dislike the EU.
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
The Kirchner woman is horrid, so it looks like good news
Yes also good news for the Falklands as he wants a more amicable relationship with the UK
Translation - he's not going to get any economic aid or business from the UK if Las Malvinas remains an issue.
"Las Malvinas" derives from the French "Les Malouines", referring to "from St. Malo".
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
The Kirchner woman is horrid, so it looks like good news
Yes also good news for the Falklands as he wants a more amicable relationship with the UK
Translation - he's not going to get any economic aid or business from the UK if Las Malvinas remains an issue.
"Las Malvinas" derives from the French "Les Malouines", referring to "from St. Malo".
St Malo is a sub-division on McGinnis Ferry Rd in Duluth, GA. I hear rumors of another named after it in France
The centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri leads on 54% to the 46% of Kirchner's preferred candidate, Daniel Scioli, with about half of votes counted in the final round of the Argentine presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
The Kirchner woman is horrid, so it looks like good news
Yes also good news for the Falklands as he wants a more amicable relationship with the UK
Translation - he's not going to get any economic aid or business from the UK if Las Malvinas remains an issue.
"Las Malvinas" derives from the French "Les Malouines", referring to "from St. Malo".
St Malo is a sub-division on McGinnis Ferry Rd in Duluth, GA. I hear rumors of another named after it in France
"The only way to defeat Isis is for Sunni Arabs themselves to reject them ideologically and defeat them militarily,” Rubio said. “They must be defeated on the ground with a ground force that is made up primarily of Arab Sunni fighters from Iraq, from Syria, but also from Jordan, from Egypt, from the Emirates, from Saudi Arabia.”
Is Rubio's plan a sectarian regional war with the US on one side and Russia on the other?
I'm astounded the US government spends more public money on health than we do.
The USA has no national healthcare system, but multiple systems that cover some of the most expensive parts of the population. Medicare (the elderly), Medicaid (low incomes), the VHA (military veterans), the MHS (serving military), between them they spend a fortune, and there are probably some other big programmes I've forgotten. It is a barmy system of healthcare.
Exactly. You can't both claim the US is a barmy system (which it is) and also hold it up as a reason why the NHS needs to spend more.
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#DUJCA
Perhaps the NHS haters on here can explain why if the NHS is so bloated, inefficient, filled with useless managers, etc that we do so amazingly well on a pittance and achieve similar or better outcomes to countries which spend far more.
https://twitter.com/EconBizFin/status/668467999653892096/photo/1
So long as they are consistent and ban all such material then fair enough. If it was just this while others were being allowed it would be a much bigger deal.
Heart of stone
Also didn't that recent report (commonwealth?) say the NHS was pretty dire at patient outcomes?
Still 5th mind you
I wasn't going to mention this, but I think your post warrants it.
Mother in law in hospital.
Conflicting stories about what is wrong from staff which is bad enough, but...... today wife and her sister visited hospital and the two nurses on duty that they spoke to had a poor understanding of English.
There were also problems yesterday and my sister in law had to insist nurses check something (nurses said everything was ok and that a certain thing had happened) - Check revealed that no, this was not the case.
The NHS is not a religion and it certainly is not best in class.
BTW - this pittance that you get by on, put a number to it.
Liverpool scored four past the league leaders despite not starting the match with any strikers.
Also social care (social workers, modifications to housing to get people home, hole helps, meals on wheels etc) are also local council and have been for some time. That is also coming under strain and as a result the number of patients who are medically fit for discharge but cannot be discharged because of social issues has risen 20% in the last yer and is at the highest level ever. And we already have far, far fewer hospital beds to start with than many other European countries.
Spain and Italy do do better than us for life expectancy. Both have far more doctors per capita than us.
Can Corbyn do the same ?
Something to do with Chelsea's superior ground game.
Laughable...according to Hall back in the good old days of 20 years ago the BBC independence was unquestionable, now politics has got involved.
Thank god for Netflix and Amazon prime
You also get to choose your doctor, your surgeon and your hospital.
United Healthcare, the country's largest health insurer, has said it may withdraw from Obamacare after it lost $400 million on it this year. So it may end up being a tad less bloated. Obamacare has been a disaster for the US healthcare system.
DoH funding was (you mistyped "is") but as it has gone up less (you mistyped "is continuing to go up") in the last 5 years than for decades and is falling as a percentage of GDP.
Falling as a percentage of GDP? That's a wonderful way of saying that the economy is booming. Thanks for the vote of confidence in George Osborne, I'm sure he'll appreciate it!
When I lived in Australia in the nineties they tried a policy of encouraging tax breaks for private medical care as it was cheaper for the state to do that than to pay for the whole treatment. Meaning the state resources could be better managed on those who needed it. Yet here if someone is able to fund private care actually doing some is viewed as a form of apostasy not a good deed.
Advice and education is cheaper but budgets are being cut, and the Tories leap up and down screaming "nanny state" at any meaningful health initiatives re tax on unhealthy food, or unhealthy lifestyle choices.
Blaming all Muslims for terrorism is like blaming all musicians for Justin Bieber.
https://twitter.com/JacquesBriet/status/668546802057142272
On a serious note it's quite amazing how Belgium has gone - in 9 days - from being a faceless host of the EU to a pariah state breeding muslim terrorists for ISIS, with an incompetent looking police and security force. Probably an unfair charge but that's how it looks.
Good night all.
Yes, I went Godwin on this. But people cannot divorce the reality of is from some some abstract sympathy with various grievances or vague statements, and we should not allow people to pretend that either.
Lawyer - Abdeslam "really upset" during ride from Paris.
Something must be going on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34896847
CNN has a piece on Davide Martello, the pianist who cycles round Paris with a grand piano behind his bicycle. He pedals up, then plays John Lennon's Imagine and everybody cries. Quite amazing.
To any sane person, that should spell the end of Schengen.
But watching Dateline London this morning, (why is Polly Toynbee or some other Grauniad reporter always on it?), three correspondents were discussing the Schengen problem rationally, but the French reporter (usually lucid, fact based and rational) was levitating with anger, almost as if someone were inserting half a raw onion in his rectum, and saying that Schengen's abolition was unthinkable. When asked why, all he could come up with is that "It's part of the European ideal."
That's not even an argument, just an almost blind religious commitment and fervor to the EU 'ideal'. I'd like to stuff an entire raw onion up his rectum. Maybe a couple.
It's nonsense like this that makes me dislike the EU.
A former resident reflects on his struggles with Brussels’ most notorious neighborhood.
By Teun Voeten"
http://www.politico.eu/article/molenbeek-broke-my-heart-radicalization-suburb-brussels-gentrification/
How does showing your passport at the border diminish Europe?
"The only way to defeat Isis is for Sunni Arabs themselves to reject them ideologically and defeat them militarily,” Rubio said. “They must be defeated on the ground with a ground force that is made up primarily of Arab Sunni fighters from Iraq, from Syria, but also from Jordan, from Egypt, from the Emirates, from Saudi Arabia.”
Is Rubio's plan a sectarian regional war with the US on one side and Russia on the other?