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MSE NEWS: NHS prescription charges to be scrapped in Scotland
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Former_MSE_Helen
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This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:
"Fee charges will be abolished in Scotland next month but they will rise in England ..."
"Fee charges will be abolished in Scotland next month but they will rise in England ..."
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Am I the only one so angry that for being English and living in England I am having to pay for prescriptions on a regular basis because I have Asthma
If I was in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland it would be free, How is that right?:mad:
To add insult if I had diabetes and needed a regular script that is free in England
I feel like I am subsidising so many people0 -
University is also free in Scotland, its ridiculous, what do the Scottish actually pay for that isnt subsidised by the English!0
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University is also free in Scotland, its ridiculous, what do the Scottish actually pay for that isnt subsidised by the English!
This kind of, frankly, ignorant statement does nothing to help your situation. The subsidy broken record is divisive and ill informed (think about Oil revenues for a start). It is unfair that people throughout the U.K don't get free prescriptions, however, devolved governments make decisions on how to spend their funds. If that differs from spending choices in England, in areas you are unhappy with, why not contact your M.P, protest, take action etc.
Painting government decisions taken as the fault of other nations, or blaming other countries for getting the things you would like, serves no-one.0 -
This makes me very angry:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:!!!!
Our lovely neighbours from the north hate our guts and dont try to hide it but are sapping the tax payers money like that. I say give them total independace and see how long they last!!!! And i dont care if people dont agree there you go!:D0 -
I don't agree with Scottish independence but I can't dictate what Holyrood decide do with the money, they're given, which this year has been reduced, by a large amount. I really wouldn't mind paying for my prescription at all.
As someone else said, if you're unhappy with what Westminster are doing for you, contact your local MP.The frontier is never somewhere else. And no stockades can keep the midnight out.0 -
I do hope this isn't going to turn into a discussion with any kind of racist overtones!
P.S I'm Scottish, but lived in England happily for many years, I don't think you should be making sweeping statements about people in the north who 'hate your guts'.0 -
gasbag1602 wrote: »This makes me very angry:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:!!!!
Our lovely neighbours from the north hate our guts and dont try to hide it but are sapping the tax payers money like that. I say give them total independace and see how long they last!!!! And i dont care if people dont agree there you go!:D
And it's coming across from you that the feeling is mutual.
I hate the misconception that SOME people have, that all Scots hate the English. This is not true.
Why start a thread like this? We all know the way it's going to go.0 -
I have emailed my MP today to express my feelings - I'm not happy :mad::mad::mad:0
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Don't you just know its election year in bonnie Scotland; and Salmond and co. are worried, still its nice to see at least one of their manifesto pledges is to be implemented.;)0
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