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82. Wes Streeting: Labour, privatisation, and the NHS
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28 June 2024
Could privatising areas of the NHS save it? How easy is it to reconcile one's faith and sexuality? What is Labour's plan for health and social care?
Rory and Alastair are joined by the Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, to discuss all this and more.
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It’s always depressing when a politician declares that they are believers of whatever faith they’re associated with.
What happened to relying on evidence for what you accept?
Faith is the excuse for believing something that has no evidence.
Religion is mostly geographical. You believe what you were told as a child, that’s why Wes Streeting is Christian and not Muslim or Hindu.
A cursory read of any holy book exposes the abject nonsense and hypocrisy of the chosen faith.
Indoctrination is a powerful tool.