Quote Originally Posted by IanD View Post
Votes. Simple as. If 90% of Americans were in favour of gun control Trump would be Tweeting in minutes about how he had always favoured such. Same with NHS in UK. Supporting the NHS is a vote winner amongst our ageing population. Climate change, by definition, is too long term for transient politicians to risk political power by introducing short term "fixes". Trump support a coal and oil industries as there are both votes and financial support available...and there is an election next year.
That makes sense but if that is the case why are the right in our country wanting to "get rid" of the NHS? If it's all about winning votes surely they should be championing it.