[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Mr K

They haven't got a very good record to defend. Relying on apathy, and fear of Labour is their only tactic.

However the status quo isn't always the safest option, particularly if you are ill...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ving-medicines
Oops !

And the UK is the only EU country with medicine shortages?

List of links by EU country.
Ireland(because it's in English).
As the Ireland list says repeatedly, "(multiple countries affected)". Appears to be a list of 180 drugs with a shortage. (did a text search in the page for "date of shortage", it appears 181 times, subtract one for the table header).

Did a similar type of check for France. It appears to have around 170 on their list. ("med.gif" appears 174 times in page source).

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Originally Posted by jfman

I've seen many a documentary peddling the obvious lines of the state and the neo-liberal elite.

The purposes of these are to keep you compliant, not to inform you. It's evidently working!

It had interviews with various people "on the ground", including those whose job it was to sign off on the income claims and the discrepancies they found. Who else had direct everyday involvement in selling dodgy sub-prime mortgages?