Steven Murphy
The public sees small boats crossing the Channel,
hotels filled with asylum applicants, overstayers working in the shadows, and political
promises that never materialise. The natural conclusion is that the system is broken because
nobody is doing anything.
The truth is more uncomfortable.
A modern healthcare system cannot function indefinitely as an ever‑expanding trough of collected taxes. Without competition, without price signals, and without individual choice, the NHS has become a system where demand is infinite, costs are invisible, and responsibility is diluted across the entire population. The result is predictable: spiralling expenditure, rising expectations, and no mechanism to moderate behaviour or improve performance.