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Is this government damaging your wellbeing?

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CvD66 Sun 31-Dec-23 17:30:55

While never a fan of this government it’s behaviour in 2023 has raised my blood pressure excessively!
Far too many Tories have brought the party and the country into disrepute: Bridgen, Zahawi, Raab, Braverman, Bone, Blunt among many others. It has been OK for cabinet ministers to joke about date rape drugs or for an MP to take 78 days to resign ‘immediately'.
There has been the massive waste of money on attempts to remove refugee or legal defences or challenges that have gone nowhere or policies reversed while in the real world people have struggled with excessively high prices for essentials and use of food banks has increased exponentially.
We’ve been expected to accept nonentities being put in the House of Lords while legislation has restricted people’s voting ability.
Even in the last few days it has been revealed that people have had to pay millions to park at hospitals despite Johnson’s claims that Tories ensured this would be free.
There are so many other issues but why not check out Truth to Power’s brilliant Youtube: ’A calendar of breathtaking corruption, sleaze and cruelty’.
How has the government particularly annoyed you this year?

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M0nica Mon 01-Jan-24 16:03:18

Wales has the longest waiting lists for health care in the UK.
the number of incomplete patient pathways as a proportion of the population was about 14% in England as of August, and about 22% in Wales using the most comparable available data (or about 24% overall). fullfact.org/health/steve-barclay-wales-england-waiting-times/

It is a question of government choices. They think car parking and free prescriptions is more important than treating people with potentially fatal diseases.

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LizzieDrip Wed 03-Jan-24 10:07:05

Sadly this thread appears to have focused on hospital car park charges and the perceived differences between English and Welsh healthcare. Important to some, but I’m sure there are many other issues worthy of inclusion within the original content. To answer the original question, yes this government has negatively impacted my well-being. The corruption, deceit, incompetence and rise of populism it has engendered over the past 14 years has eroded my trust in those who govern. I am no longer confident that those who hold all the power over our lives actually have our best interests at heart - that creates uncertainty which, in turn, negatively impacts well-being.

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