I heard that Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales leaders are planning to meet to break up UK. Is it really true? Anyone from UK here who can tell me what is actually happening there?

  • Cyril Strobe@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    I’m not political. I say what I see. And what I see is crime rates sky high, year long nhs waiting times, etc. I don’t look at it from a political perspective — if I did, I’d be scathing both left and right corrupt fuckers in parliament. They’re all the same any way you slice it.

    • rosahaj@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      18 hours ago

      Crime and Healthcare are both political issues, irregardless to your, or anyone elses, allegiance or independance to or from any specific political group.

      • Cyril Strobe@sh.itjust.works
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        18 hours ago

        Consider this: So 100’s of years ago, before parliament, when Kings ruled under the divine right and there was no politics as they are today (no elected government, no electorates splitting the vote, in fact no voting in the first place), did people not care about these issues?

        You’re correct that these issues are, in our modern world politicised (or have become so, rather), but they aren’t fundamentally a political issue. That’s why I don’t look at them through the lens of politics when I answer that question. My point is, its not impossible to separate the issue from the politics

        • rosahaj@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          18 hours ago

          I think we may be using different definitions of politics. I’d argue that even under birthright rule there was plenty of political action, just that it was a club most people weren’t empowered to have any say in.

          I think I get what you mean, though, and you’d be right in saying that these things have been polarised to an almost sporting team-like level, where you’re expected to be on one diametrically opposed side or another. Really, it’s just a shame that’s all getting in the way of running things properly.

    • Naive@lemmy.worldOP
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      6 days ago

      what happened to nhs? I am not Brit but a lot of people from my country do work there.

      • Cyril Strobe@sh.itjust.works
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        6 days ago

        To be clear, the NHS is just one example of everything that I see is broken in the UK, I’m not singling it out for any particular reason.

        But to answer your question, lack of resources and funding (staff, equipment, money etc.) has led to basically staff shortages and what is widely considered to be inadequate healthcare. I’m not saying literally nobody gets good quality care, but a lot of people don’t and it’s not really acceptable, especially considering that some major surgery waiting lists can reach up to a year or more (in other words: if they need surgery then they will have to wait for it for a year or longer).