The NHS in the hands of the Tories

U.K., Land of ‘Brexit,’ Quietly Outsources Some Surgeries to France

The story about Brit surgery patient named Orlov who supported Brexit is spun mildly as a sneer both at Brexit and at Brit insularity.

But it highlights how far the Tories have screwed the NHS and how wildly UKIP lied about a huge economic payoff for leaving the EU.

Given that the Brexit vote was largely won on highly emotive issues surrounding British sovereignty and a misleading promise by politicians that leaving the bloc would free up 350 million pounds, or about $490 million, a week to fund the N.H.S, the paradox of Britain seeking aid from France is not lost on the French hospital, nor on Mr. Orlov.