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President Trump: NHS 'going broke and not working' (Original Post) shenmue Feb 2018 OP
He really wants MFM008 Feb 2018 #1
Canada has had it for over 50 years. louis-t Feb 2018 #2
Fuck off Trump LeftishBrit Feb 2018 #3
Can anyone point me to any anti-NHS protest marches? T_i_B Feb 2018 #4
It came from Farage going on an anti-immigrant rant on Fox News muriel_volestrangler Feb 2018 #5
Thinking about it... T_i_B Feb 2018 #6

LeftishBrit

(41,307 posts)
3. Fuck off Trump
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:18 PM
Feb 2018

Last edited Tue Feb 6, 2018, 08:18 PM - Edit history (1)

(and I know my language is not in the spirit of my signature line; but I've just about had it with him and his hatred for all that is good in Britain)

T_i_B

(14,805 posts)
4. Can anyone point me to any anti-NHS protest marches?
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 07:47 AM
Feb 2018

Because I never ever see or hear anything of these. So unless President Fart has been confused by the Socialist Worker's Party's antics he would be telling porky pies (again).

muriel_volestrangler

(102,646 posts)
5. It came from Farage going on an anti-immigrant rant on Fox News
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 06:01 PM
Feb 2018
https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/trump-farage-nhs?utm_term=.mpe8QAO0z#.dcAQlq407

Farage was talking bollocks, but Trump managed to misunderstand what he was saying anyway.

T_i_B

(14,805 posts)
6. Thinking about it...
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 06:09 PM
Feb 2018

...it's hard to think of a subject that right wingers will actually protest about that isn't mired in racism. From leaving the EU to general anti-Muslim rubbish.

By contrast, the people I see protesting about the NHS outside Sheffield town hall tend to be Corbynite or hard left. Protesting privatisation and cuts to the NHS. The healthcare stuff people protest against tends to be exactly the sort of healthcare policies that the GOP advocate.

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