tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post7236257647777877431..comments2024-03-28T11:21:09.694+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: The bloody cheek!Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72326012533337942192019-11-21T04:34:53.333+00:002019-11-21T04:34:53.333+00:00That's why I was writing the above!That's why I was writing the above!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-72180259959572355572019-11-20T22:57:35.385+00:002019-11-20T22:57:35.385+00:00Yes. Healthy competition does. There is nothing he...Yes. Healthy competition does. There is nothing healthy about the current situation though is there, or do you know otherwise?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8944604174358579092019-11-20T12:24:17.197+00:002019-11-20T12:24:17.197+00:00No, it's current bunch who are openly Marxist....No, it's current bunch who are openly Marxist.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82560343254274532802019-11-20T12:23:35.945+00:002019-11-20T12:23:35.945+00:00Healthy competition usually creates lower prices; ...Healthy competition usually creates lower prices; it's only in a cartel (such as the EU) where they can control high prices. Just because contracts would be open to world tenders doesn't mean we couldn't still buy from a German Co; provided their price was right. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78646083002704961332019-11-20T11:26:35.102+00:002019-11-20T11:26:35.102+00:00But of course you cannot curb greedy multi-nationa...But of course you cannot curb greedy multi-nationals. I would prefer the E.U. to supply your medicines while you are living in France than the greedy multi-nationals in the USA, but then I am prejudiced.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6797479496956961922019-11-20T11:20:08.377+00:002019-11-20T11:20:08.377+00:00If you want to buy drugs, you have to use an outsi...If you want to buy drugs, you have to use an outside supplier. The outside suppliers have you by the balls when it comes to pricing, justifying the high costs on the length of time it takes to develop, test and get a licence to sell them. Most of our drugs come from the E.U. at the moment. The USA wants to be the preferred supplier to the NHS once we leave the E.U. It is already on the road to privatisation and Trump wants a piece of the action. This is what Corbyn - and everyone else - is talking about. If you can curb greedy multi-nationals like Bayer, then you will save money for the NHS.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39141723125715187732019-11-20T11:04:01.334+00:002019-11-20T11:04:01.334+00:00Cro didn't say they were Marxists if that is w...Cro didn't say they were Marxists if that is what you are implying.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80428696889424383902019-11-20T10:47:42.665+00:002019-11-20T10:47:42.665+00:00I detest the preferred suppliers system. I once ne...I detest the preferred suppliers system. I once needed some videotapes for a project on which I controlled the budget. Bought them at a third of the price on the high street and fiddled it back on travel expenses. However, Brown and Blair were many things, but not Marxists. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60741949539569685382019-11-20T10:02:46.443+00:002019-11-20T10:02:46.443+00:00During the rise of Arthur Scargill in the NUM dur...During the rise of Arthur Scargill in the NUM during the 1960s and 1970s it is worth noting that the young John McDonnell was at his father's knee, a trade union official in TGWU, lapping up the religion of the trade unionist movement and is now poised to bring it all back. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13280858233453451982019-11-20T08:49:35.042+00:002019-11-20T08:49:35.042+00:00I think the Socialists should come clean, and put ...I think the Socialists should come clean, and put the blame where it's deserved. They might also like to acknowledge Wilson's closing of 290 Coal mines, instead of demonising Thatcher over 160. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-49787981588751047532019-11-20T08:46:02.058+00:002019-11-20T08:46:02.058+00:00The NHS is blighted by very high salaries for '...The NHS is blighted by very high salaries for 'managers', terrible waste through general expenses, and huge interest payments to private hospital ownership under the PFI. In many ways I think it is probably over-funded; take away all the waste and it would run smoothly again.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-24944725364928682312019-11-20T08:02:35.712+00:002019-11-20T08:02:35.712+00:00PFI had already been a failure in France and Brown...PFI had already been a failure in France and Brown was warned off it but still went ahead as far as I remember at the time.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25475015125386407362019-11-20T07:51:25.601+00:002019-11-20T07:51:25.601+00:00It matters little here who is in power, the wastag...It matters little here who is in power, the wastage of both the public and private sectors knows no bounds if compared to the way a homeowner monitors what work they are paying for. In my state when the conservatives privatised the operation of public transport, the costs were horrendous and many of the companies eventually just walked away and the operation is back in government hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com