Shaggy0291

Too busy waiting for their hospital appointnments

This is real life I'm afraid.

As a British person you have no idea how much this stings. When I was a boy and the NHS still worked they helped me treat a torn cornea. I was in and out of A&E in just a few hours; no difficulty or fuss.

Now I'm a grown man and I have an ingrown toenail. After an initial struggle to get it looked at by my GP, I've been referred to a podiatrist. It's been several months since my referral and I still haven't heard back from my podiatrist to even confirm a date where they can assess the condition of my toe. I inquired with my GP's clinic for an estimate of how long it may take, and nobody dares to speculate. A week later, I met a comrade from my union who I hadn't seen in a while. His arm was in a sling, and I could see from his fingers that his entire hand was swollen and pink with inflammation. It had been broken and in need of treatment for over a year. He's still waiting on his operation. It occurred to me then that I would never see my podiatrist.

Now I'm preparing to carry out self surgery on my own toe. I have access to a podiatry textbook and I'm studying the procedure to safely remove the offending section of my toenail. Luckily I have a background in chemistry, so I'm confident I can synthesise some phenol and lidocaine to do it properly and safely. I already have the disposable sterile surgical tools. All I need now is povidone iodine and the nerve to carry out the surgery.

These measures will no doubt radicalise young generations of workers. I expect the existing trade union establishment here to tuck their tails and comply, which will go a long way towards discrediting them and educating their members about the realities of class struggle.

Was it a sufficient guarantee for the US when missiles came to Cuba?

Yes

Good God, use as many quotes as you need! If you really care about rational discourse so much then actually lay out your argument in detail, don't try to weasel out of it without engaging with the question.

Said it once, I'll say it again; The UK armed forces are a paper tiger.

All in all, they're woefully understaffed for suppressing any kind of large scale civil disorder here and the lack of up to date equipment is just the tip of the iceberg. There are literally only 150,000 service personnel across all 3 branches, much of whom are support staff. For context, London alone is a city of 9,000,000 people. If a situation emerged where 1/10 Londoners rioted, such as, say, if their gas and electric became too expensive and they were freezing in their homes, then the entire UK armed forces and police would be outnumbered by a factor of 3-1. All in just one city. Out of 75 scattered all across Great Britain.

This doesn't even take into account that much of those armed forces are stationed abroad in the ~145 British overseas military installations all over the world, particularly those in Germany and Cyprus.

Cheers mate

Sorry bud, there's nothing in the link about the national grid? Its just updates on the FTX thing.

It's almost like NATO is filled with military brass who know better than to invite a nuclear war on themselves, even as they work tirelessly to undermine and destabilise America's biggest geopolitical rival through both covert and overt means.

o7