Hmmmm
It’s not just about whether he uses private healthcare though is it? To echo many others here, it’s about him not being truthful, if it isn’t an issue, why can’t he just say ‘yes’. He has created an issue by being evasive.
He is a millionaire and has a family who haven’t ever had to worry about money or rely solely on public services. His government promised money from Brexit would go to NHS, then basically said ‘oh yeah, no we actually can’t do that now’ once Brexit was agreed. They absolutely want the service to be privatised so they can continue to make the rich richer and not have to direct government money to NHS and other public services. This is what people are angry about, the government are far removed from people who are working class and below and the real issues to care about it.
That’s the issue, not that they can’t comment as they don’t experience it, that they simple don’t care about it. And not answering just smacks of no respect for us who are affected.
Look at the top countries in the the happiness ratings, almost all are countries where inequality is minimised, government who make the people feel listened to and respected, significant investment in public services and mental health and well-being…..governments who care and feel a democracy.
It’s all beginning to feel a bit dystopian at the moment: public services who were relied upon, actually highlighted as ‘key workers’ during the pandemic are now being written off as unreasonable and unrealistic spongers and moaners for daring to want their pay to rise in line with inflation and at the same rate as private sector. And now the government are looking to stop them even having the right to strike and protest. Working people not being able to heat their homes and provide food . People who have paid through the nose, usually with loans and overdrafts, to be educated to degree level as not born with a silver spoon. Those people are being told ‘you should be happy you’ve got what you’ve got’ from the government in their ivory towers or with their out of office on while on their holiday abroad which they can still comfortably afford. Same government who laughed at the plebs while they continued to do as they wished while imposing lockdown restrictions on the rest of the country while key workers seemed to be deemed cannon fodder vital to ‘keep the country going’ but now, not vital enough to be able to keep up with the cost of living and not important enough for a pay rise and painted as scrounges and moaners by the very government that ‘clapped’ for them.
I could go on, but, this, this is why people are annoyed he won’t answer a simple question. It’s not the question alone per say, it’s more that it’s yet another indication of the lack of honesty and respect for the public that he feels he doesn’t need to answer or for some reason can’t be honest as he feels it may ‘anger the peasants’.
Under his eye.