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Graeme Wall · November 9th 16, 01:32 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

On 09/11/2016 14:23, Hils wrote:
On 09/11/16 12:01, d wrote:
On Wed, 9 Nov 2016 11:41:26 -0000 "tim..."
wrote:
Loads of low paid workers coming in from the East forcing down
wages for the indigenous population (and allowing companies to
disband their staff training schemes which would otherwise help
increase the averages skill set of the population)

Ditto NHS. Lots of cheap labour from abroad allowed both labour and
tories to cut medical training in the UK. Of course the clueless
remoaners seem to think that foreign labour is essential for the NHS
rather than being a deliberate - albeit never publicised - government
policy for decades.

It is informative to compare the parallel histories of the British and
Cuban health services, as both were formed by new governments within a
few years of one another.

The Brits, led by Aneurin Bevan, bribed existing doctors to stay in
Britain and supplemented them with a horde of immigrants, while allowing
a largely hereditary elite to retain control of medical training.

The Cubans, led by Che Guevara, allowed the doctors who wanted to leave
to do so, building a new, state-run training system using the patriots
who remained.

Funny, I thought the Cubans were lead by Castro…

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Graeme Wall
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