“No comments from readers so far have convinced me other than ‘God Bless the NHS.’”
Remarkable, since nothing you wrote IN your article seems to actually constitute anything resembling objective evidence for your point. Yes, it’s very nice that your friend (whose welfare seems to be a source of simultaneous concern and indifference in your article; after all, who among us has not thought “something was terribly wrong” and then done… whatever it is you did) had a good experience with the NHS. And?
Among the problems with your article is that, other then the title, there is no indication of any Conservative principle you are applying to this “analysis”; if, as it appears, being a Neo-con is simply co-incidental to this anecdote, why put it in the title? Why not “A Woman praises the National Health care service” or indeed “A Blond/Brunet/Redhead/Bald woman (pick the applicable) praises the NHS”? It would be just as important to your article.
However, since none of the points above have swayed you, and you seem to wish to traffic in anecdotes, how about this one?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4231513/Dying-patient-treated-in-foul-smelling-bathroom.html
“A terminally ill Alzheimer’s patient had to be treated in a foul-smelling bathroom due to hospital overcrowding.”
Which is the correct face of the NHS? Is it possible that two isolated incidents reveal almost nothing about a sprawling system like the NHS, and that making decisions on the national level based on such “evidence” is the very opposite of rational (and certainly conservative) prudence?
