Quote: bren2k "No surprise to me that your response is absolute nonsense - with no reference to the original argument.
FYI - plenty of things are my fault; the failings of the Govt are not however. And for the record (for the third time) neither I or any other private provider is looking for PPE handouts - I'm quite happy to pay the market rate, as I've always done. But since we didn't have access to the Operation Cygnus findings, we didn't stockpile it; the Govt did have access, but still didn't stockpile it - that's my issue.
As for the socialist country tripe - none exists in the way you're describing it, and I don't know a single socialist who either wants or advocates that; in general, we just want fairness, equality of opportunity and a society that values more than shareholder dividends and impossible, endless growth. Plenty of those exist, as well you know.'"
Either you are being deliberately obtuse to again deflect but there was plenty in the press about a pandemic being the next great frontier - Gates has been talking about for years. So as clever a fellow as you think you are I would have thought taking all the evidence into account would lead you to a simple conclusion - if this happens, who is going to suffer - predominantly your customers. You being as clever as you think you are would have invested in PPE for when this might happen. Of course you wouldn't have done because that is not a good use of capital now is it. You expected the government to have warehouses full of this stuff just in case - so monies that could have been spent on hip replacements etc can't because its all tied up in PPE - come on get real.
In my life I have not experienced any lack of opportunity - I can from a back to back with an outside toilet in Bradford, I went to Wyke Manor - possibly the worst comprehensive in the Bradford area, I didn't go to university and I have made a pretty good fist life and there are many who have come from worst than me and have done far better than me - to say there is a lack of fairness/opportunity/equality is rubbish - life is what you make of it, I have found the harder I work the bigger the opportunity.
Your comment about profit is an interesting one - endless growth improves the overall standard of living of the citizens - it is no surprise that the overall living standard of the world's population has improved beyond all recognition since the start of the industrial revolution? If you look at all those "new countries" coming into the EU that need supporting they are all those that adopted a hard line socialist dogma.