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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
I think the point is that everyone knows that health & social care has been in need of reform for years. In fact Boris stated himself that previous governments hadn't done it.
I think some people are of the opinion he's using Covid as an excuse to do this Believing the public will be more accepting.
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Fair enough, if that's the argument ... I'm not here to apologise for Boris, I just think we're capable of a higher standard of political debate than calling people dishonest just because they're in the wrong party, or we didn't vote for them.
Nevertheless, the proposal that he always intended to break the manifesto pledge and only needed an excuse is very hard to prove. If there was a lesser excuse than covid, then maybe that would stand as evidence of dishonest dealing, but the truth is, covid has been a genuine emergency that has cost the country an absolute fortune. I suspect that paying it down will most likely yet involve measures that weren't in the manifesto.