Melchett,it will stop when the politicians turn round to the electorate and tell them that cancer drugs for the over 80s are no longer affordable, nor is a 2 billion pound per week nhs and a state pension the country can no longer afford.
Since VR brought it up, could I point out that looking after the elderly is a problem that western free market culture has given itself. In most other cultures, looking after the old and infirm is a family obligation in exactly the same way that looking after a child is.
Unfortunately, as we are finding out, it is a problem without a solution (unless you are an advocate of Logan's Run
). Cutting off the elderly from an income and support just means they will all up in A&E (as we are currently experiencing) at vast (and I mean ****ing vast!) cost to all of us.
I offer no solution as there isn't one. I just wish people would not post facile "solutions" to massive (western) global problems with this "hey, it's simple just do this" mentality.