Do we need all this Government?

Daily it becomes clear that the outcome of New Labour is simply to add much more government interference to our lives. It is pretty obvious that Doctors are no longer in charge of our healthcare and that the healthcare we get is determined by the centre with a greater mind on politics than on the health of the individual.

We constantly hear that privatisation of parts of the NHS will make everyone more competitive whilst healthcare remains free at the point of delivery. What a load of old tosh! Private Industry is fast becoming as inefficient as Government depts were. The reason for this is to do with size and very little else. The bigger the organisation the less efficient it is likely to be. A friend of mine lately went for a referral to a consultant as she had private health insurance. She had to pay £20 that she could ill afford for the referrall, which was after all was saving the NHS money - where is the sense in that? Once upon a time you could go and buy the health services you wanted, not anymore! The NHS has become the gatekeeper and in any other industry would be seen as anti-competitive.

Almost every aspect of our lives is changing due to Government interference. The criminal justice system is now designed to elicit pleas of guilty in return for lenient sentences. All of this no doubt to make the numbers look good.

I could go on but I won't