Oh god I can't remember her name Totally... It was one of those threads in the last few weeks that stopped taking new posts: I'll scroll though my TIO in a bit.
In the meantime - Woozle - ok: My point was not whether or not it's a matter of providing well, it's the logical inconsistency of some things being perceived that way, and others not. A point which I notice you have managed to totally ignore despite it being the sole point of my post
I'm sorry, I didn't get that it was the sole point. Logical... hmm. If you organise yourself a private pension, you're not having any impact on anyone else, are you? You're not implicitly criticising those who don't have a private pension, you're not doing it because you think it will buy you any advantage other than the obvious - you'll have more money in your retirement.
By contrast, paying to send your children to private schools which exclude, by definition, the vast majority, and which - in my view and that of most people opposed to private education - you are entrenching class division, privilege, and generally contributing to a divisive society. Education is political in a way which I don't think pensions are.
In terms of private healthcare, well I'm none too keen on that two tier system either to be honest, but still you're not actually making a comment or an impact on those who wait longer for hip replacements when you get yours done quickly. Also I find private healthcare to be something of a red herring, because surgery and healthcare generally can be literally life and death, and so in extremis we probably all know we'd do whatever we needed to keep, for example, a child alive.