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This country and the people who run it is a fucking joke. This is no different to Victorian era shit, except we’re supposed to be more civilised nowadays and accept these freeloaders to get preferential treatment? Fuck off, paid thieves is what they are.
Of course he didn't have to wait he's probably going private, which other people could do too. This isn't an issue of him being a king, and everything to do with him being rich.
I'd be more annoyed if a rich guy didn't use private healthcare tbh.
If we banned private healthcare the rich would have an incentive to make socialised healthcare better.
Critical support to his cancer in its heroic war against this filthy monarch
Ah ca ira! ca ira! Ah ca ira!
Oh, maybe he's is not being treated on the island meaning Britain, ... but that other one where doctors regularly fly in.
A proper leader would ensure all of his subjects are treated before him. If he wishes to speed his own process he should fix the system, not circumvent or commandeer it.
He’s the monarch…. I’m … not surprised in the least.
Banish the monarchy if you want to complain.
It would be nice if you could abstain from paying a proportion of tax to the monarchy and making it opt-in to support it
Banishing the monarchy won't help the problem of long waiting lists though. At least is has brought the issue to the front page and people are aware of the seriousness of the problem. Let's hope they vote for a party that will do something about it in the next elections
Head of State: Receives treatment for cancer
Everyone else: Angry
It's all very well going on about the widening wealth divide, the head of state is going to get priority treatment no matter how long or short the waiting lists are
the head of state is going to get priority treatment no matter how long or short the waiting lists are
Yes, that's the problem...
Are we going to pretend he isn't head of state because of the womb he came out of?
"The monarch, because of his blood lineage, will get priority treatment no matter how long or short the peasant waiting lists are" doesn't have the same ring.
Are we going to pretend that any other form of head of state wouldn't also get priority treatment?
If the country had an actually decent head of state I doubt many would be mad at this.
Of course, then there wouldn't be a waiting time for people to get mad at in the first place.
The head of state is going to get priority treatment no matter how long or short the waiting lists are.
Ok? I think everyone knew this was going to happen. The point is it shouldn't happen, everyone should be given the same opportunities to have their cancer treated swiftly.
I'm not angry that he's receiving treatment. I'm angry because of how many people with treatable cancer are dying because they're not being treated.
I agree that it would be better if the NHS was able to treat everyone with the same response that the King has received. I just don't see what this has to do with anything: If he had decided to use the NHS and get the normal waiting time the system would be just as broken.
My intention was to highlight how the wealthy elite do not personally experience just how broken the NHS is (which includes the PM, the monarchy, and many UK politicians).
If our monarchy and politicians had to go through the NHS for their medical issues then I imagine a lot more work would be done to improve the NHS.
Instead, the Conservatives are trying to destroy the NHS. And this is shown by how cancer treatment is becoming increasingly inaccessible (depending on class divides, where those with power in our country are able to more readily access treatment).
The point is ultimately that we shouldn't continue to let the wealthy elite represent us, because they do not understand the issues that we face.
None of this is new information of course, the situation that the article features is just a good example and reminder of this.
I agree with you, I just think that the king isn't a good example of this because he'd be getting priority treatment no matter what; he's the head of state
I sure hope that boot tastes good
As I said earlier, the head of state shouldn't be getting priority treatment in the first place.
If the head of state didn't get priority treatment his entire life then more work would be done to improve the treatment of everyone.
I'm not sure how else I can phrase this point for you.
It's not even about him, they bury this in a story about class struggle so they can repeat the narrative that the NHS is "in crisis," as if it just magically happens and not because politicians are purposefully crippling it.
Who is "they"? The Guardian (where the linked article is from) has often published articles about how the Conservatives are destroying the NHS.
My best wishes to the cancer. It must not be easy to contract a king.
A nasty malignant form of ancient evil ruthlessly attacking the poor cancer.
LMAO my comment saying that cancer got a king was deleted by mods because I guess you can’t say anything bad about the king here. Classic.
Through federation magic I can still see the comment.
But he's such a stand-up guy. We should totally stop everything and treat this manchild. After all, what would we do without him??