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Shouldn't his last name be hyphenated with End?

Don't you just love that stupid phrase: 'debate me'.

There's no debate about you, you cretin: you're a nutter,

I wouldn't be surprised to find out it's Tony Abbott.

What was the general consensus in this country pre NHS about bringing it in, and in other countries that have a National health service?

You have to remember that in 1948 there was a huge swing to a socialist government, everyone had expected Churchill to be elected as a formality but after six years of war, loss of life and demolition of huge swathes of inner cities there was a dire need for social housing - rented property was the norm for working class folk and the percentage of those who would call themselves "working class" to middle or upper class was huge, far greater than I suspect it would be today, the main aspiration to that trenche of voters was a rented house, a job and if a political party had promised all of that plus a health service for all, free at the point of delivery from cradle to grave then you can imagine that that really would be the cherry on the cake.

Churchill didn't know what hit him and neither did the Americans who immediately shat themselves at the thought of those billions of dollars of war loans being owed to them by a government that looked liek it was turning communist.

To add to what Jerry has posted, after Lloyd George's post-WWI promise of "a land fit for heroes" became a tragic farce, there was a definite mood that such a betrayal would not happen again.

IIRC, there had been soldiers' parliaments taking place during the last days of the war and the immediate aftermath, and a great deal of political education.

Most doctors weren't in favour of it simply because they couldn't see the sense in getting paid by the government to see lots of people was worth more to them than only seeing those people who could afford a doctor and even then being at the end of a long queue of people to pay.

rlWhen Mitt met a gay Viet Nam veteranrl

At least he was honest, even if his answer did belong in Victorian times.

He certainly was honest but as the veteran said Romney wouldn't be interested in a conversation about it.

Found this funny

Richard Cheese

Did anyone hear Clinton's speech about Romney's proposed military spending?

Which religion sorry country does he want to wipe out?

All that skiing sent him over the edge.

The moron religion?

Or is that his?