Ever wondered why someone..

kuriousoranj

kuriousoranj

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.. with no experience at all in health, healthcare, social care or medical management in anyway, is now Secretary of State for Health.
Someone who is still on a massive payroll from JP Morgan who have massive investments in the private health care system in the USA.
Ever wondered why ?
 
kuriousoranj said:
.. with no experience at all in health, healthcare, social care or medical management in anyway, is now Secretary of State for Health.
Someone who is still on a massive payroll from JP Morgan who have massive investments in the private health care system in the USA.
Ever wondered why ?
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No
 
I think it about all the politicians from all the parties, are any of them really qualified to do the jobs they are given?
Good number of the current crop of senior politicians are journalists, don't know why that makes them the best people to run the country.
You could just get any opinionated old bloke out of a random pub and he would do a similar job!!
 
tommytwojags said:
He's a politician, not a doctor. The transport Secretary doesn't drive a bus.
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I think it says something about our current political system though that across all parties the leadership doesn't often reflect the UK. There are very few true working-class politicians in positions of power. Those who have actually lead working-class lives. I think the past this was different, or at least more representative than today, where most frontbenchers have journalism, legal or financial backgrounds - or even just career politicians. I appreciate you don't have to have worked in the NHS to be a government minister for health, but I imagine someone who had might have more to give in terms of insight and understanding the job/difficulties in front of them.

10 years ago career politicians used to come up in debates occasionally, now people seem to have begrudgingly accepted it. All research points to having a diverse set of views and opinions to inform good decision-making. Our current political system means that only certain people can feasibly run as MPs, and I do think it reduces the effectiveness of our government overall.
 
BWseasider said:
I think it says something about our current political system though that across all parties the leadership doesn't often reflect the UK. There are very few true working-class politicians in positions of power. Those who have actually lead working-class lives. I think the past this was different, or at least more representative than today, where most frontbenchers have journalism, legal or financial backgrounds - or even just career politicians. I appreciate you don't have to have worked in the NHS to be a government minister for health, but I imagine someone who had might have more to give in terms of insight and understanding the job/difficulties in front of them.

10 years ago career politicians used to come up in debates occasionally, now people seem to have begrudgingly accepted it. All research points to having a diverse set of views and opinions to inform good decision-making. Our current political system means that only certain people can feasibly run as MPs, and I do think it reduces the effectiveness of our government overall.
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I was thinking much the same when I saw that Hancock's missus was the daughter of a Viscount or some such. It's never the daughter of a brickie.
 
Sajid Javid says his philosophical hero is Ayo Rand. He says he reads her work every year ( well.. he would need to wouldn't he).
Rand advocated, in her words, "the virtue of selfishness" a extreme right wing libertarianism, that couldn't be more at odds with the ideals of the
NHS.

Sajid is bad news for our NHS.
 
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