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TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Thu, Dec 19, 2002 7:55 AM On 2002-12-19 07:42, kahukini wrote: you're living in a socialist country with public healthcare, public education, and a strong welfare system and don't even know it? That's the same public healthcare, public education, and strong welfare system we had under Thatcher and the Conservative party, right? Plans for the National Health Service were drawn up during World War 2, when the, er...Conservatives were in power. They are pretty much our equivalant of the Republicans. Believe me, I understand the history of the Labour party, and there is a reason for it being called 'New Labour' these days. The purging of the Socialist 'old guard'. But that's enough politics for one year. Trader Woody

On 2002-12-19 07:42, kahukini wrote:
you're living in a socialist country with public healthcare, public education, and a strong welfare system and don't even know it?

That's the same public healthcare, public education, and strong welfare system we had under Thatcher and the Conservative party, right? Plans for the National Health Service were drawn up during World War 2, when the, er...Conservatives were in power. They are pretty much our equivalant of the Republicans.

Believe me, I understand the history of the Labour party, and there is a reason for it being called 'New Labour' these days. The purging of the Socialist 'old guard'.

But that's enough politics for one year.

Trader Woody

Post #16786 by Trader Woody on Thu, Dec 19, 2002 7:55 AM