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20 Sep 2022, 7:12 am

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If he starts putting his "alternative medicine" in the NHS as a cost cutting measure, it could create two classes. One class who receives actual medicine (the king would be included in this class) and one class that primarily recieves woo-woo fake medicine.

You're right, I don't want that! I want alternative medicine like it is now, as a choice that isn't in the NHS.

There will be two classes anyway though- people who can afford private medicine, and people who can't.

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20 Sep 2022, 7:17 am

KitLily wrote:

There will be two classes anyway though- people who can afford private medicine, and people who can't.

That is certainly true. But I still think the lower class getting a cheaper version of real medicine is preferable to the lower class getting fake medicine.

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20 Sep 2022, 7:19 am

I don't think it would ever happen - there's no evidence it works any better than placebos, and AFAIK no blind trials to test its efficacy, let alone any demonstrating it works.

Whenever I hear "alternative medicine" I'm reminded of "Storm", by Tim Minchin. IMO he gets it spot on (with a warning for language) -

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20 Sep 2022, 7:31 am

RetroGamer87 wrote:

KitLily wrote:

There will be two classes anyway though- people who can afford private medicine, and people who can't.

That is certainly true. But I still think the lower class getting a cheaper version of real medicine is preferable to the lower class getting fake medicine.

What would be best is if the UK government didn't move us over to the private healthcare of the USA, but instead improved and developed the NHS. But I don't see much hope for that.

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20 Sep 2022, 7:35 am

Did anyone else see this? Ouch! People heckling King Charles. I can't disagree.

"While we struggle to heat our homes, we have to pay for your parade!"

https://www.independent.ie/videos/while ... 96257.html

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20 Sep 2022, 9:32 am

He's been King for less than a month and he's already being heckled.

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20 Sep 2022, 10:47 am

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He's been King for less than a month and he's already being heckled.

I doubt it's personal, it's part of the cost of wearing that fancy metal hat. If he can't stand it he's free to become a private citizen who isn't king.

Ideally the entire institution will be abandoned, leaving Chuckles and the whole lot of them as regular plebs.

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20 Sep 2022, 11:41 am

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KitLily wrote:

Why can't all of them have their meetings via Zoom or something?

Exactly - this shipping bodies all over the place is so unnecessary.

There's also this pointless little jaunt: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -australia

Oh yes, they are always taking private jets everywhere aren't they

For a joke we looked into what it would cost for my daughter to fly from California to Arkansas and the cost was $86,000.

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20 Sep 2022, 11:44 am

$86,000 is pocket change to billionaires.

How the other half lives eh.

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20 Sep 2022, 1:36 pm

I'd like to see how the other half lives.

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21 Sep 2022, 8:01 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

I'd like to see how the other half lives.

Become a servant and then you'll see everything.

I was actually offered such a job working at the estate of one of the richest people in the world. I said thanks but no thanks.

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21 Sep 2022, 10:17 am

Attend Butler school.
https://www.butlerschool.com/

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21 Sep 2022, 10:31 am

I tried being a butler once. Apparently saying "get it yourself" isn't acceptable.

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21 Sep 2022, 10:39 am