The Lib Dems have the advantage that those wishing to make a protest vote did not have the option of Change UK or The Brexit party. Green party has also done well for that reason.

As for Labour sitting on the fence hasn't worked and I think the next time Corbyn goes to Glastonbury they wont be singing "Oh Jeremy Corbyn" more like "You don't what you're doing".

One more point

In reality it's a subsidiary by which the wealthier pay for the poorer to gain access to healthcare they otherwise wouldn't have access to.

The better off can afford their own healthcare and simply don't need a single payer system. Yet they can't opt out.

I support it, but I don't paint it as something else.

One of the problems with the left is that they see how certain aspects of our society have already been socialised and they accept it as a given and just continually push for more.

The end result of socialism is communism. Socialism is simply a stepping stone as Marx suggested.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

What's fair about health tourism, do you think the poor should pay towards that?

What's fair about everone losing free healthcare over something that equates to 0.3% of the budget?

Looking forward to hearing the next set of things you're bringing to the table to give up. My money's on state pension

Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah

Having taken that figure can you remember how much that % is pp.
Go back and find it then let us know will you.

When do we get a hold of the NHS and get our priorities right?

If you come back to Britain, which I bet you will, how content will you be that, at the age of 65-70 you have to wait years for a hip replacement, or no hip replacement at all, while the ‘free’ healthcare to those who’ve never or hardly contributed has been abused?

I might go and do my shopping this weekend without paying at the self service tills. Why not, I should eat like everyone else.

COYP