The healthcare system in the UK is pretty exceptional. I moved to the US a few years ago and would love for you to try and tell a poor person here struggling with insurance that it isn’t welfare.

But that’s besides the point. The wealthy aren’t “killing the UK”. It’s lack of productivity is. The number of hours worked is in decline, and has still not got back to pre-Covid levels. Businesses do not want to operate in a country with rubbish trade deals, murky future prospects and a population missing the skills they need. Oh, and a bunch of people with their heads so far up their asses about what they “deserve”. Covids just the latest excuse; Brexit was the start of the decline and 51% of the population voted for that. Far more than the 1% you’d like to blame.

2.5m people - could have taken all his cash and that’s still only $50 a head.

You can’t afford a welfare state when your country is piss poor. The UK is in decline and welfare will accelerate it.

You could be confident that the people will vote against their own wishes. That they know what they want and will vote for someone who sounds credible but will not deliver.

I’m not justifying it, it’s obviously wrong. But god damn look the world over - we vote in these clowns - so maybe we shouldn’t be trusted to decide what’s right.