The reality is that prisoners have complained when the que for the dentist increased to 6 weeks. I know, it is terribly unfair that convicted criminals should have to wait for treatment.

I do agree that for power to be solely concentrated in those who feel it is their destiny to be leaders is bad - and the only thing worse is to give anything resembling power to those like Prescott who exist only to grab as much as they can at the expense of everything else.

Most wealthy have private health insurance so there is no real problem with them getting treated first. They pay for the NHS and then choose not to use it. My old consultant said that our job as doctors was to advocate those who no one else would be an advocate for. So, others pay and others have to then favour them in hospitel at the expense of others as well.

And the reality is that if someone works for £80k a year and can not work, their earnings and indeed the taxes accrued will be lower. So there is less money for everyone. Same goes for fixing a plumber's hands as it is better for all if s/he was working rather than wating for treatment. I am sure we could spend all money on drug and alcohol rehab facilities but the return on investment would be appalling; replacing every elderly person's hip as a priority would mean that there would be a lot less money for others as an individual's quality of life can not be taxed.