Conservatives in the know advocate universal health care

Imagine a topsy-turvy world where a conservative minority party is demanding that the socialist majority party refrain from making cuts in the nation’s universal healthcare plan. That seems to be the way things are in the UK right now.

Although many US conservatives have a knee-jerk reaction against universal healthcare, British conservatives have actual experience of the phenomenon and ought therefore have greater insight into the subject. The British Conservative Party (the party of Margaret Thatcher) is just as far to the right as the US Republican Party, yet it is currently lamenting that its socialist Labour Party rivals are planning cuts in the British National Health Service (NHS):

"People used to say Conservatives didn't care or know about public services," Mr Lansley said in a speech which earned a standing ovation. "I come from a public service family ... [Conservatives] work in public services. We depend on them. We care about them. Don't let anyone say that we don't. Labour has lost the trust and support of NHS staff ... The Conservative party is the NHS," he said. Link.

And, from the Conservative Party website:

David Cameron's Conservatives are backing a new, national campaign to underline our support for the staff of our NHS and the patients they serve. The NHS ended the last financial year with deficits amounting to £1.3 billion. Gordon Brown has now ordered drastic and short-sighted NHS cuts.

We want everyone to show their support for the NHS and those who work in it by signing our petition calling on Gordon Brown to end his financial mismanagement of the NHS – and Stop Brown's NHS Cuts. Link.