Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
Blair was pushing Privatisation through the back door. The thing with the Tories is that ideologically they don't really want a health system that doesn't make them and their mates a load of cash. It's their biggest sticking point politically. Yet enough of those people out clapping and painting rainbows would've voted to keep the NHS down.
He might have been pushing privitisation as an alternative but the NHS was well funded, it just wasn't well managed.