On 28/10/2020 07:24, Bob Martin wrote:
On 27 Oct 2020 at 09:18:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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"Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They
always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them"

Margaret Thatcher

But it takes a Tory government to spend tens of billions with nothing to show for it.
(Track and trace anyone?)


And a Labour government to quadruple the NHS budget between 2001 and
2010 (without having a *clear* plan of what was needed), including
spending tens of billions on a (doomed to become) failed computer
system.

... And two illegal wars that have cost far, far more and are going to
continue to cost us for the indefinate future with extra security and
restrictions.