tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post710074157489004207..comments2008-06-12T16:05:48.899ZBruschettaboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06462814606739183471noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-34682263556036354902008-06-12T16:05:00.000Z2008-06-12T16:05:00.000Z

I think it's a very common <I>conceit</I>: but that's a different thing...

ejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-22246326964614555642008-06-12T13:44:00.000Z2008-06-12T13:44:00.000Z

I put it to you, Justin, that DA just has. And also that it's not an argument, so much as an assumption that sneaks into arguments.

Chardonnay Chaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275819795032251978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-46890650469610642602008-06-10T19:17:00.000Z2008-06-10T19:17:00.000Z

We have had polyclinics in Australia for years - since the invention of Medicare (our NHS), really, but only in abundance since the mid-90s. There were cries of outrage from GPs at the time, but they have not had a noticeable impact either way, I would suspect. Not that you can measure such things of course.<BR/><BR/>In all the time I have been visiting a GP in Australia I have only ever been to

Sir Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538417181412075663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-81736823121562605562008-06-10T17:11:00.000Z2008-06-10T17:11:00.000Z

<I>the old left-wing bad argument/belief that the rich are always selfish and the poor are always good.</I><BR/><BR/>I put it to you that nobody has actually ever made this argument.

ejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-5762940305563609532008-06-10T14:34:00.000Z2008-06-10T14:34:00.000Z

We didn't do this one before: DA has. <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/david_aaronovitch/article3393128.ece" REL="nofollow">Ignore GPs. Polyclinics are the future</A>. Then he made a case <B>for</B>. That's different from asserting (as he does here) that GPs are behaving selfishly. Actually, his assertion is pretty close to the old left-wing bad argument/belief that

Chardonnay Chaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275819795032251978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-19093053071098043982008-06-10T13:33:00.000Z2008-06-10T13:33:00.000Z

No, it was intentional, though I don't know what it might mean.

Bruschettaboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06462814606739183471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-83850904628299841542008-06-10T12:16:00.000Z2008-06-10T12:16:00.000Z

...is "aarguing" a typo? Even if it is, it's a strangely apposite coinage.

Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09156588395324951637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-54670145593353337922008-06-10T11:38:00.000Z2008-06-10T11:38:00.000Z

Its a tricky one innit. On the one hand doctors, on the other hand New Labour. Maybe they're both wrong? Is there a third way?<BR/><BR/>Mind you given the government can't even explain their plans so anyone understands what they're planning, it doesn't install massive confidence.

cianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792805870968697706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-63368401190435614952008-06-10T09:39:00.000Z2008-06-10T09:39:00.000Z

Didn't we do this one already? Most of the comments box were with DA.

ejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com