Going back to ex service personnel having preference over any other citizen of this country, I find it totally and utterly WRONG... Service personnel that get injured on duty and are forced to retire will already be in the system and surely no precedence is required as they are already receiving the best of treatment available?
Once those injuries have been dealt with, then in ten years time should they jump the queue if they might need further surgery? Whose place will they take, the young school child that may have been struck by a hit and run driver? What about a school crossing lady that gets mown down or someone needing a life saving transplant?
We can all get very emotional and cite our brave service personnel that are getting seriously injured in areas of conflict but what about someone that has never seen any conflict and whilst on leave gets drunk, steps in front of a vehicle and is so seriously injured the are medically discharged. They are ex service and are we seriously suggesting they should jump any queue of civilians who may have far more serious injuries?
Why not let those best qualified deal with each patient on purely medical grounds and prioritise on greatest need, be they black, white, pink, green, bent straight, ex military or perish the thought our old age pensioners!!
