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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Apr 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Boris Johnson

    "Our NHS is the beating heart of this country." It's one of the merits of a universal program (as against a means tested one) that over time even reactionaries have to accept them as part of the national fabric. They are very hard to roll back.https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1249336590482243585 …

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    It is hard to find the words to express my debt to the NHS for saving my life. The efforts of millions of people across this country to stay home are worth it. Together we will overcome this challenge, as we have overcome so many challenges in the past. #StayHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/HK7Ch8BMB5
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      1. Kent Straith, Who's Willing To Go Door To Door‏ @kstraith 12 Apr 2020
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        And just like that...one more Tory supporting socialized Medicine.

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      2. David Dominick  🌹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿‏ @DomDeDom82 12 Apr 2020
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        It’s funny you say that because given half the chance he would roll it back tomorrow.

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      3. David Tenner‏ @tenner_david 13 Apr 2020
        Replying to @DomDeDom82 @HeerJeet

        I really don't think so. He does not strike me as a Thatcherite with a dogmatic attachment to laissez-faire but as an opportunist quite willing to dump austerity while appealing to the right on xenophobia and other cultural issues.

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      1. Bruce Thompson51‏ @BruceThompson51 12 Apr 2020
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        Can't vote out bureaucrats, to be sure. Eventually we are presided over by our elected officials, but governed by the agencies. If they do a good job, as with the NHS, well and good. If they don't, as with certain public sector unions in the U.S., we're just stuck with them.

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      2. Daniel‏ @plagueofprinces 13 Apr 2020
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        Can reactionaries not be popular?

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      1. James Smith‏ @jwagnersmith 12 Apr 2020
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        I don't really know how universally true that is since a Republican would never say this about Social Security of Medicare. The best you can get is Trump promising not to cut them and then trying to cut them.

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      1. Nicola Lamb‏ @NicolaLamb3 12 Apr 2020
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        https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/04/opinion-boris-johnson-thanking-the-nhs-for-saving-his-life-has-more-than-a-touch-of-hypocrisy.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true …

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      1. Autarkh‏ @Autarkh 12 Apr 2020
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        And this NHS is full-blown direct provision. Cheaper than single-payer and something that isn't even on the table in the U.S.

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      1. Robert Lamirande‏ @LamirandeRobert 12 Apr 2020
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        Thatcher never rolled it back. Stephen Harper and John Howard never rolled it back. Always telling that right wing leaders in other countries do all sorts of horrible things but never touch Universal Health.

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