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bullseyebarb · 25-08-2009, 16:45

Herein lies the fundamental conflict between the Cameron and Hannan wings of the Conservative party.

Cameron sees that the easiest path to victory for his party in the next election is to accept the status quo regarding the NHS and anyone who thinks otherwise is, at best, "eccentric," - as he recently dubbed Mr. Hannan.

Hannan favors ending the NHS and creating a system of private accounts. It will come as no surprise to any of you that I agree with him on this. However, Britain's NHS is the third largest employer on the face of the earth and the fact that Mr. Hannan believes that such a bureaucracy should be dismantled is a radical concept to most Brits. I continue to maintain that it is not the role of government to intervene in the free market. Government programs never work well. Mr. Hannan's point was bolstered last week when the Canadian Minister for Health announced that Canada's NHS was "imploding." These things are unsustainable, even with rationing.

We in the U.S. are fighting hard to defeat such a proposal here. The majority of Americans are opposed and are challenging their representatives at every turn. Most of us still value freedom, I am happy to say.

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bullseyebarb Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, U.S.A. Posts: 636 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 51	Re: who is this Daniel Hannan guy Herein lies the fundamental conflict between the Cameron and Hannan wings of the Conservative party. Cameron sees that the easiest path to victory for his party in the next election is to accept the status quo regarding the NHS and anyone who thinks otherwise is, at best, "eccentric," - as he recently dubbed Mr. Hannan. Hannan favors ending the NHS and creating a system of private accounts. It will come as no surprise to any of you that I agree with him on this. However, Britain's NHS is the third largest employer on the face of the earth and the fact that Mr. Hannan believes that such a bureaucracy should be dismantled is a radical concept to most Brits. I continue to maintain that it is not the role of government to intervene in the free market. Government programs never work well. Mr. Hannan's point was bolstered last week when the Canadian Minister for Health announced that Canada's NHS was "imploding." These things are unsustainable, even with rationing. We in the U.S. are fighting hard to defeat such a proposal here. The majority of Americans are opposed and are challenging their representatives at every turn. Most of us still value freedom, I am happy to say.