No, thanks. I'd rather not be conversing with somebody who, knowing the facts about them, would still support that racist joke of a party. Not you, of course.

To be fair on Labour, they have over trebled the budget of the NHS since they've got into power. Really, if tripling the budget of something doesn't solve the problem, I don't think there's much that can be done under the current ways of doing things.

Instead of the NHS, we should have forced HSAs coupled with optional "emergency" insurance (only for the rarest, and most costly of health issues) and have all services provided by the private sector. That way, everybody would get the drugs they always want, because they can decide what their money is spent on, rather than the Government, or a Trust.

This system has proven to be very successful in other countries, in both reducing the costs and increasing the quality of healthcare.

Unfortunately, this country seems to have some sort of love-in with the NHS, and none of the parties would ever propose anything like the above, for fear of political suicide. However, the NHS really is unsustainable, going by the crude measure of past trends and extrapolating them into the future, we can predict that by 2027, if nothing else changes, the NHS will cost roughly 22% of GDP - almost 1 in every 4 pounds, it's currently at around 10%.

The Conservatives let you keep your cookie, then give you some cookie crumbs out of their pocket.

Labour gives half of your cookie to homeless people.

The Lib Dems take your cookie, crush it into little pieces and throw it out of a window, and buy you a muffin instead.

The Green Party recycles your cookie.

UKIP tells you to leave your cookie, because it's controlling you.

The BNP tells the cookie to go back to Cookieland.

If the BNP ever get in, then I'm leaving the country.

If that happens, can I come and live in Sweden Slimebeast?

Apparently 27% of Ciggarretes and 68% of do it yourself tobacco are bought on the Black Market.  (In the UK.)

Additionally there really aren't too many tobacco plantations in third world countries... unlike these drugs which are everywhere... so less people trying to smuggle.

Additionally, Cigarrettes require a lot more manufacturing then other drugs as people are used to the Cigarette method rather then other drugs which are needle and pipe based and therefore don't require manufacturing.

Other drugs would likely be worse then the 68% "do it yourself" due to the prevelence of illegal drug production in third world countries.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/06/cigarette-smuggling-uk-organised-crime

Is an interesting article.

I blame overpopulation, rising levels of obesity and Wii Fit