AnatolyKasparov wrote:Btw my response to "the NHS is illiberal" is - "even if it is, so what?"
Yeah.
Screw liberalism.
AnatolyKasparov wrote:Btw my response to "the NHS is illiberal" is - "even if it is, so what?"
The liberalism some people want is the ability to use cash to get quicker access to treatment which opens up all sorts of other potential issuesAnatolyKasparov wrote:Liberalism has its place. But if you support a DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST party, then by definition it isn't the answer to *everything*.
AnatolyKasparov wrote:Liberalism has its place. But if you support a DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST party, then by definition it isn't the answer to *everything*.
Where did AK say "screw liberalism"? Are you having trouble reading the words on the screen? Or being deliberately argumentative and obtuse? Because if it's the second, you can go away for a bit.SpinningHugo wrote:AnatolyKasparov wrote:Liberalism has its place. But if you support a DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST party, then by definition it isn't the answer to *everything*.
I'd suggest that the 20th century should teach you that the forms of socialism that ignored liberalism weren't very attractive.
So "screw liberalism" and "so what?" are not very reflective.
andMore than 130,000 UK firms will be forced to pay VAT upfront for the first time on all goods imported from the European Union after Brexit, under controversial legislation to be considered by MPs on Monday.
Nicky Morgan's a lawyer, I think? She should know better.On Sunday night the Tory chair of the all-party Treasury select committee, Nicky Morgan, said the committee would launch an urgent investigation. She also said she would be writing to the head of HM Revenue and Customs to see what contingency plans were being made to avoid hitting UK firms.
AnatolyKasparov wrote:Not having everything run according to classical liberal shibboleths is not actually "ignoring liberalism".
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Liberalism isn't just freedom it's equality too.
I'd have thought universal healthcare and education would be key to a successful liberal society. We ensure everyone has the best chance in life then give them the freedom to do what they want.
SpinningHugo wrote:PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Liberalism isn't just freedom it's equality too.
I'd have thought universal healthcare and education would be key to a successful liberal society. We ensure everyone has the best chance in life then give them the freedom to do what they want.
The short answer is "no it isn't".
Oh yes it isSpinningHugo wrote:PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Liberalism isn't just freedom it's equality too.
I'd have thought universal healthcare and education would be key to a successful liberal society. We ensure everyone has the best chance in life then give them the freedom to do what they want.
The short answer is "no it isn't".
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