"Derek" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:37:28 GMT, "nemo" wrote:
"Derek" wrote
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:21:21 GMT, "nemo" wrote:
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I think my generation will probably be the last to be so lucky.

Nope. The aging population is growing fast, and if they're
looked after properly they'll keep voting the right way.
Never forget that governments govern by consent of the
governed.

The trouble with ours is: they govern with the consent of a public swayed
by
a Tory Party and Tory press vehemently opposed to any rise in taxes,
however
commendable the reason. That's why they're even reluctant to raise taxes
to
pay fully for the NHS and prefer to blame its structure and the way it's
run. Of course it employs lots of administrators! But it seems as if our
government and the Tories would rather have the doctors and nurses
swamped
with so much paperwork that it stops them treating patients!

Don't forget, a basic rate increase of just one penny in the pound for a
multi-millionaire press baron and his cronies is a hell of a lot of
money!

I'm glad to here it, for how else will I get to retire so much earlier
and live comfortably?

Here it? My keyboatd does that too sonetimes! ;o)