Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius?

Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by arcticbull on Saturday March 14, 2020 @05:42PM (#22578947)

"Stop it because it's unimaginable that the UK government is intentionally trying to kill off it's old folks no matter how much money that may save the NHS, in no small part because that would be akin to a genocide for profit"

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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by netsharc on Saturday March 14, 2020 @07:55PM (#22579729)

Have you heard about the Windrush scandal?

It's (probably) not about the NHS but more about "we kicked out so many illegal immigrants last year, aren't we great?" (not that these people are illegal immigrants, but hey, let's make burden of proof tests that are hard for them to pass), but, incredible how seemingly easy it is for the Home Office to be heartless to the point of killing people via red tape.

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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by gadders on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @10:26AM (#22616982)

The burden of proof was hard to pass because the Windrush landing cards were destroyed due to a decision made under a Labour government.

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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by tiawav on Sunday March 15, 2020 @06:34PM (#22587439)

Never blame anything on maliciousness that can easily be explained by stupidity.

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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by ta999999171 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @06:17PM (#22579142)

You don't study governments much, huh

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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by arcticbull on Saturday March 14, 2020 @06:30PM (#22579234)

I uh, ... what

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