Jul 4, 2026, 5:13 AM@frlan @VeroniqueB99 2/2 "...I was suspicious of ideologically driven, large-scale change. These were the mainstream policies of the Macmillan government at the time. In 60 years I have moved from centre right to hard left without changing my opinions.
Dr Stephen Watkins, Oldham, Lancashire"
Letter to The New Stateman in 2023
Universal healthcare is NOT some batshit crazy Marxist theory, it was consensus politics in many countries for decades after WW2.