The supposed ‘human right’ to three sex-change operations on the National Health Service…

[@terencehurst8636]

This is getting beyond ridiculous.

[@andym5900]

All this nonsense has to stop

[@onlybugwit]

HOW ?

[@theenglishman8668]

Yes, all elective surgery should be paid by private insurance, or out of pocket...

[@lucius4556]

I've always been aware of shortages within the NHS and have to be extremely ill before I use them, others just don't give a damn!

[@maxpaws3977]

No one is doing anything about it, that's the problem

[@Trevorsbackdoor]

What a sheer waste of money.

[@theenglishman8668]

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[@michaelmcknight3639]

I disagree (and your user name suggests you have a secret sympathy for my view). Sex is biology of course, but gender diaspora is an illness and has to be treated. if a man wants his balls off it's his own business. He may also have a vagina made in the place left - so then his boyfriend need not use his backdoor.

[@theenglishman8668]

A drain...

[@genevincentrocks]

My mum had to pay over £17000.00 for a hip replacement that the NHS refused to do. She had x rays done and it was bone on bone and really hurting her. She's paid tax and NIC since 1960 and this trans nonsense is being paid for. Don't forget the NHS also fixed the botched private breast enhancements.

[@theenglishman8668]

"OUTRAGEOUS"

[@theenglishman8668]

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[@adenwellsmith6908]

My father had the NHS pay for an op. First one was cancelled last minute Second one was cancelled last minute. Then on the third the anesthetist did their job properly [unlike the previous 2] and cancelled the op. There are some drugs that interact with epidurals and you don't do the op. You end up parallysed. As soon as he walked into the see the Chief Executive, they made the offer to pay to go private.

[@crowdpleaser1036]

I know of someone with a hereditary heart condition, whose father died suddenly without warning at a young age. In her forties she one day found herself literally bereft of the strength to keep walking and she sensed she might be about to experience an episode similar to the one which killed her father. She sought medical advice via a local NHS doctor and was put on a TWO YEAR waiting list with a potentially lethal heart condition. Having lived in this country and paid into the system all her life she still finished up having to pay for her own life saving heart op, imagine that eh! This wasn't in the post COVID eternal crisis, this was about twenty years ago!!! I hate to think how long the waiting list might be now.

[@adenwellsmith6908]

@@crowdpleaser1036 There are time limits when you get refered. The current socialist rationing plan is when you get referred, you get an appointment, referal date + maximum wait time. So when I go to get checked, I'm going to ask the awkward questions. If they say that's not the case, then I know why, its revenge for putting a complaint in when they lost my medical records to the dark web, and for demanding I give up my privacy to a private company to get a blood test.

[@davidsauls9542]

As an old psychiatrist, I love your Lord Nelson analogy ! Perfect ! !

[@markprice748]

Did you by any chance work in custodial settings? Any of the HMP special units, or Ashworth or Broadmoor etc? Sorry to be such a brazen opportunist, but I am researching the changes which took place in the 1990s so I never allow a potential clue to go under my radar.

[@MegaPhilmurray]

Had me in stitches that analagy did! I would identify as S. W. Hawking and demand voicebox surgery so I sounded like I had a robot voice. (robot voice:) IS THAT AS-KING TOO MUCH?

[@chuckh5999]

kiss me Hardy!

[@annwright1858]

Gave me a really good chuckle!

[@samspot]

You wonder why the woke NHS is broke. 😢

[@alaninsoflo]

Did you think that up all by yourself? Ir's so precious! 😂😂😂

[@somebloke13]

@@alaninsoflo OK Marxist vermin nonce, paedo.

[@tightfittingunderpants]

@@alaninsoflo Not having the ability to think yourself, are you jealous ?🤣

[@theenglishman8668]

Go woke, go broke!!!

[@theenglishman8668]

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[@richardenglish2195]

I had a relatively minor procedure on the NHS 30 years ago that the surgeon botched, leaving me with unsightly scarring. Over the years I've approached GP after GP to get a (relatively simple) corrective procedure, and each time I've been knocked back. "That's cosmetic surgery," they say, "we don't do that." It didn't matter how much I explained it affected my self-esteem, or had an adverse impact on my relationships - all they were willing to offer was "talking therapy". After years of searching, I've recently managed to find an affordable, fully accredited private clinic to deal with it once and for all. The fact I have to pay to correct poor treatment leaves an extremely sour taste in the mouth.

[@gsg9205]

Every operation carries a risk!

[@keithdavies1395]

Would have been a lot cheaper privately 30 years ago.

[@leebrown4049]

Blows the mind.

[@charliemintz]

I am sorry you had to pay, Richard. I had to pay just under £3.5k to have a massive fatty lump removed that affected my movement. It is not fair, is it? 😢

[@richardenglish2195]

@@charliemintz It's bizarre that some people are entitled to what appears to be almost unlimited treatment, while the rest of us are left by the wayside.

[@JohnCatto]

The thing that strikes me is that you start off with a perfectly healthy individual who undergoes surgery that cannot work and requires him to take medication for the rest of his life. How on earth is this good use of our money ?

[@popgoesthestoat]

Or meets the Hippocratic oath?

[@TheSeoras]

First do no harm 🐒

[@hman7008]

Unnecessary cosmetic surgery is also another bone of contention. Also, the correction of botched cosmetic surgery carried out abroad.

[@adenwellsmith6908]

20,000 a year killed by "avoidable mistakes" Avoidability of hospital deaths and association with hospital-wide mortality ratios: retrospective case record review and regression analysis BMJ 2015;351:h3239 How's the NHS going to pay compenstation? Silly me, the victims pay of course. Sacraficed on the altar of NHS religion ,

[@illegalsmirf]

Not to mention health tourists and expats who come back to the UK to get 'free' healthcare, which is 'free' to them and a burden to taxpayers living here.

[@CM-tw5iv]

Bone of contention 😂

[@theenglishman8668]

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[@adenwellsmith6908]

So why no damages for the 20,000 killed each year by avoidable errors in the NHS in England? Peer reviewed numbers.

[@BarbaraPape-y4g]

Having just escaped from an NHS hospital after breaking my hip, i can easily accept that this is all true and has happened. The whole hospital was full of numerous NHS staff busy going from one department to another whilst we blocked up the corridors wating for a move to a ward, or be collected by a porter who never arrived. Anyone waiting for surgery will not find this story ammusing. Clearly sex change operations should not be done at tax payers expense, they can and do go wrong if these people wish to take that risk, then let them pay for it.

[@sonnyirish3678]

No wonder the NHS is bankrupt.I worked at St Georges in London for four weeks and its madness.To be honest four weeks was all I could take because I have never seen money soent in such a lazy fashion.The records office was run by temps which was making an agency a fortune.When you looked at what the British public are spending their tax on, it deifies belief.A Nigerian was being treated for his high libido.Every session with a shrink was costing the tax payer £1000.His file was as thick as a book so his visits must have cost the NHS £20K

[@RolloTomassifan]

We could do with more whistle-blowers exposing what is actually happening across our institutions. Name and shame the individuals and corporations that are costing the UK billions through abuse

[@Ken_oh545]

The Nigerian with a high libido sounds like a character from a limerick, here goes, sorry the scansion is only 6/10.... There was a young fellow from Lagos Whose nocturnal habits would surely enrage us He came from a tribe Who did anything for a bribe To the point even of being coprophagous

[@Ken_oh545]

Oh no my limerick was deleted! It was a good effort, rhyming La gos with copr apha gous (look it up)

[@illegalsmirf]

Who can blame the black men for having a high libido. They need to make all the white ladies pregnant LOL

[@Mark70609]

Simon mentioned the cure for excessively high libido.

[@DGHodgson-o8z]

Hi Simon, my friend who has bad hearing issues amongst other things went to get fitted for two new hearing aids, when examined was told one of his ears was full of wax and that the nhs doesn't clean it out anymore, so he would have to sort it out himself before she could do that ear, but they can find the money for this pure insanity.

[@garycollard1981]

I've just had both my ears done today. Sometimes it's just who you get to speak to. Hope he gets it sorted.

[@DGHodgson-o8z]

I'm glad you got sorted ok and not turned away,

[@Mistersandyrobertson]

I had to go to a private clinic to get wax sucked out in one ear at a cost of £59 as my GP said hospital waiting list was months long.

[@russjohnston3307]

A very good example of what is wrong with the NHS and where tax payers pounds are waisted, this and similar procedures should be private treatment then we'll see how popular it becomes when the patient is paying for it themselves.

[@tennysonfordblackbird2087]

Yes the NHS is a basket case.😂

[@James-v6f2c]

These Left Wing lawyers will make a fortune out of this nonsense!

[@ismellfearonu]

You mean 2 Pakistanis and an Indian.

[@zarach9459]

No, they are like piranhas, they never attack their own kind while there are still prey of another species.

[@theenglishman8668]

This will become their bread and butter...

[@theenglishman8668]

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[@custardaddict]

My wife worked as a health care professional, I have listened to tales of waste for decades. It is almost as if some managers are actively trying to find the most costly way for everything.

[@eleanorwalmsley635]

Yes because if they don't spend the budget this time. A lesser budget is allocated next time they audit for the next one.. This goes on in ALL government departments...

[@everest9707]

@@eleanorwalmsley635 and it is completly barmy. Don't know if it is still the case, but as the end of financial year approached, the public sector used to go on a spending spree to use up their budgets!

[@littleworkshopofhorrors2395]

​@@eleanorwalmsley635 I trained in the NHS, technical not medical, and the department had to spend all the grant money or lose out on next year's allocation.

[@voltairedentotalenkrieg5147]

It's not a right, and it doesn't exactly sound like a privilege either

[@derepentlestranger]

Taking liberties?

[@theenglishman8668]

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[@roninhood1027]

It’s the same delusion that has people think that a Pakistani, Nigerian, Afghan etc is English.

[@candy-le4nh]

Is Tommy Robinson English?

[@theoverthinkingalien224]

Or human.

[@phildavies6020]

@@candy-le4nhI assume so. Why? Do you know different?

[@derekcable]

Probably not but he stands up for the English and goes to prison for doing so. I see your carer has left the room again.

[@Tia-Louisa]

English school boys haha with parents waiting back at home.....

[@frankielov]

Country a mess from the top to the bottom. He should pay out of his own pocket, The End.

[@SaraBenson924]

The only satisfaction I get out of this is the fact they can never, ever be what I am. No matter how many times they tell themselves.

[@alaninsoflo]

What is the point of the NHS being Free at Need then?

[@tightfittingunderpants]

@@alaninsoflo In his case there is no "need"....doh

[@phildavies6020]

@@alaninsoflo .. The phrase includes the word ‘need’. NHS should stop pandering to frivolities and unneeded surgery. This guy’s, (or lady’s, depending on the current condition) surgery is not for a life threatening condition.

[@phildavies6020]

@@alaninsoflo ..Let’s try replying again…the last one has been deleted…. Your phrase contains the word ‘need’. I seriously doubt that these operations are ‘needed’. NHS. Shouldn’t be used for frivolities.

[@finolaomurchu8217]

You're a national treasure there in England Simon. Happy Christmas to you, & your lovely family ☘️✨️🎄

[@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb]

That's very kind! A very merry Christmas too to you and your loved ones.

[@danran100]

What about Wales, Scotland, N Ireland ? Pa D's are always trying to split Our 4 nations up, just like the other foreigners here in England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@martynwatson4929]

I have a bump on my head that is very painful after several hours of wearing a hard hat on building sites, some sort of cyst.. I can't get it removed on the nhs. I pay for the nhs out of my wages but cannot get help to continue to work. They do not care.

[@gedofgont1006]

Brilliant Nelson analogy!😂😂😂

[@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb]

Thank you!

[@johnough4893]

@@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb I enjoyed your use of the word "niggardly". How long before it is banned?

[@simondjangothe4349]

Simon is a superb orator

[@Mark70609]

@@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb referring to people with BIID? Ironic how these people aren’t having limbs removed and yet gender dysphoria gets the green light.

[@platonkarataev550]

Why Nelson? If someone going full tonto surely you're going to choose Napoleon?? No?

[@garth8979]

If I go to my doctor identifying as Winston Churchill, would Starmer allow to me assume my rightful position as Prime Minister?

[@phoenixxavier9615]

Churchill never paid any tax over his entire life & was constantly hounded by the tax man. If you claim to be him, I'm sure Starmer would be more than happy to send the tax man after you to collect all those unpaid taxes.

[@rosanneshinkle4133]

Bravo

[@zarach9459]

You'd have to debate that with the 5,000 Winston Churchills who claim to hold the position.

[@johnduheaume6650]

No, but you'll be entitled to a life times supply of Romeo y Jullietta Numero uno on the NHS.

[@sayitlikeitis8759]

And there was I thinking that the nhs was short of money …..

[@miotyuori7331]

No, it's out of money for you. Since I'm guessing you tick one or multiple boxes of white/Christian/straight

[@robertaurens5665]

They're too busy buying villas and yachts for Zelenski to spare money for the normal patients

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

It has far too much, that's the problem with it. It has become used to easy money.

[@MelissasArt]

Short of money when it suits.

[@stephenbermingham6554]

It awash with money, but a deluge of corruption drowns the money. 10% is a health service, 90% is corrupt disease decline management service. 90% of disease is because of the corrupt food industry and made worse by said prescriptions for the disease decline management.

[@edenbreckhouse]

What about the human rights of everyone else to not have their money taken from them in the form of tax to pay for this. What about my 'human right' to not have my money stolen?

[@BillBeeby]

Excellent Simon the NHS is not fit for purpose .

[@neilmclachlan3931]

presumably the Human Rights Lawyers will take the money and pursue this thru the courts for as long as they can milk it

[@Alan59-n9d]

In the press yesterday , there was a Female who transitioned to a Male but as she got older she realised that it was a mistake , now she is wanting to " Sue " the therapists and surgeons , who advised it , sheer madness !

[@pennydunwell7005]

3 sex changes on NHS and I'm waiting for stints so I can return to work been waiting since August ffs

[@TheMirrorGuy]

Examples like this, is the reason the country is struggling to pay for the NHS. What a waste of taxpayers money, regardless of the individuals wealth. When taking his wealth into account, then he needs to stop being so selfish and use his own money.

[@Mary-lx3zs]

Good morning Simon, I'm waiting 5 years for a hip replacement

[@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb]

Yes, this is precisely what I am talking about. It is an outrage.

[@johnbowkett80]

Hip replacement ???? ...... Cough cough.. 🤣👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Mr_Judge_Benny_Hinn]

you have my sympathy... had a hip at 38...

[@everest9707]

Still, as long as the uninvited arrivals can put their hotel heating on to max, having contributed nothing to the UK, Starmer will be happy!

[@johncalder5703]

Sold our house to enable my spouse to have a hip replacement rather than wait three years wheelchair in a wheelchair.

[@richardstorier6172]

On the reverse op to change back into a male, where did they sew the "member" back on, the mind boggles!

[@theenglishman8668]

Better yet, who's member did they sew back on him???

[@theenglishman8668]

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[@lpj55]

And where/how/why was it stored!

[@SeanRidley-g7z]

In such serious times the Quip about Lord Nelson made me chuckle.

[@keithwilkins1437]

The public pays millions for operations and treatment on the NHS for the rest of the world ,let alone fees for eccentrics . In this case of this weirdo ,what happens if he wants four or five etc changes .?

[@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb]

Human right....

[@danielcalderwood6674]

NHS Trusts in London have just written off £110 million quid in unpaid treatment charged owed by foreign healthcare tourists.

[@johnsmithers8913]

​@@danielcalderwood6674The sad thing is that these tourists will certainly be allowed back in and will be free to roam and then leave again without issue, when in fact, they should be permanently banned from entering the country.

[@thomasphillips7215]

A clear example of why socialized medicine is a foolish idea. Things paid for are appreciated, things given free are not.

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

You think in the USA this doesn’t happen on the taxpayer expense?

[@ulrichenevoldsen8371]

Your argument is foolish.

[@illegalsmirf]

@@Vile_Entity_3545 The USA has been creeping towards socialized medicine for decades. The boomers have so many 'entitlements' that they have financially doomed future generations to crushing debt.

[@johnsmithers8913]

​@@Vile_Entity_3545 it certainly has problems but you could, at least, select a health insurance coverage that does not cover sex-change and therefore you would expect lower premiums and not have to pay for the crazies wanting it.

[@zarach9459]

Years ago I saw an Italian comedy "El médico de la mutua", where the Italian health system was exposed, doctors earn money according to the number of patients they treat, the payment of the mutualist is little and it is the same for everyone, the important thing is to have more and more patients affiliated, the protagonist becomes obsessed with getting more and more patients, working hours and hours until he ends up exhausted in the hospital, while he is convalescing his colleagues surround him and give him encouragement, but one of them says "don't worry about your patients buddy, we will take care of them" and everyone they smile like sharks at the prospect of adding more patients to their list.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

I don’t comment on every video and no doubt you’ll have another dozen videos out before Christmas. Have an awesome Christmas, the same goes for the rest of the subscribers.

[@johnbowkett80]

👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb]

A very merry Christmas to you too!

[@Mark70609]

Thanks, I appreciate the sentiment. Wishing you a wonderful Xmas and New Year

[@petiadavis5122]

Merry Christmas to you, and may the New Year is full with light hope and peace 🙏🙏🙏

[@malicant123]

A real life Mr Garrison? More seriously, has there ever been another time in human history when so many extremely mentally unwell people were present?

[@russjohnston3307]

Yes it's predominantly found amongst the idle lazy parasites who have no interest on earning a living by working.

[@KarenG.-qs7wc]

Our society is seriously dysfunctional due to decades of anti-human governments.

[@danielcalderwood6674]

Affluenza.

[@illegalsmirf]

Yes, probably always. Read the New Testament, where it talks about people who have 'demons', and all the people waiting for a Messiah. Mass scale hysteria and psychosis mixed with superstitious bigotry. A toxic combination.

[@IAmPez]

There were such times, only we still had asylums then.

[@roringusanda2837]

😮 Merry Christmas 🎄 everyone!

[@nicholasgerrish6022]

This Iraqi born individual is suing the NHS for ‘botched’ realignment surgery, after operations for removal, and some form of replacement of a most sensitive part of the anatomy. This 64 yr old, of odd appearance, is shown posing outside Carbidsdale Castle, purchased some time back, which is back on the market. Ms Kane, a Barrister, is returning to London to work in the profession. The Castle is for sale for 5 million pounds. Opting for yet another Operation sounds dangerous, to say the least, as recovery must take ages, and there must be the constant temptation to try out the new appendage. It all hardly bears thinking about.

[@sidensvans67]

Excellent point . Lord Nelson .

[@Mark70609]

Simon could have said people with BIID who have body image problems would be denied surgery as they think they should be missing limbs.

[@robertbrown3413]

Everyone NHS person I know gets very angry at suggestions of waste or "above European average" funding.

[@miotyuori7331]

"above European average", means even more wastefull than continental Europe.

[@manofkent4472]

that's because they believe that they are far are more virtuous than you are and they should be applauded for just turning up.

[@dmdavies100]

Did they save the bits to sew back on again?

[@patt6246]

I’ll wager there’s not a bookie who would give you odds on any judge ruling against him.

[@ebnanaann5644]

The NHS was formed to cure illness or mend broken bones. It has grown out of proportion. Maybe these individuals could just dress to pleae whichever alter ego they follow. We need to reform the NHS to cure illnesses etc. and forget all the sudo requests

[@CeriThomas-m5i]

How true. I despair at the path this country is going along and fear that the leader and his subordinates have lost their way and are leading this country to a cliff edge.

[@johnsmithers8913]

All Western countries need a Trump. It sounds like he's going to shutdown the government to squash the deficit....and he ain't even President yet! It's a wild time to be alive.

[@ericbrown7297]

Sorry this nonsense needs to stop. The main problem with the NHS is not lack of funds just extremely bad management. They should have refused him the first time. In fact he should be sent the bill for both of the other operations. If I took my son to the hospital and told them that he believes he is a pirate, will they remove a lower leg and an eye?

[@TechnoMagi-h4r]

Expensive Insanity NHS ...

[@alaninsoflo]

Sorry to break this to you, but plastic surgeons get paid no matter what.

[@tightfittingunderpants]

@@alaninsoflo Sure you have some point there. Shame none of us can tell what it is.

[@pauljohnson6233]

And we just had to pay £6k for a suitable (non electric) wheelchair for my daughter.

[@roberthinchliffe2128]

I took The Hyppocratic Oath over 60 years ago and cannot understand why surgeons are participating in such mutilation? Perhaps the answer lies in what I was told as a student that to find a Psychiatrist go to a psychiatric hospital and find a doctor who is madder than than the patients.

[@Mzf3625]

You do realise Hippocratic oath has been replaced by declaration of Geneva (I’m afraid God not utilitarian enough)

[@phildavies6020]

@@roberthinchliffe2128 You might have taken it, but you can’t spell it properly.

[@pauly8025]

Seasonal Greetings to you , Simon

[@Breas-md6hc]

Christmas greetings

[@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb]

Thank you, and also to you.

[@Neoentrophy]

If it takes the actions of another person, its not a human right

[@adenwellsmith6908]

The main problem here is that Mr Scum Bag's rights are considered by the court. The rights of other people are ignored. So what's the solution. Take away the migration/nationality from the courts. It's automatic on conviction. Shangeeth Sathyanathan is an example from today. A 19-year-old man has been jailed after hitting another car head-on at 75mph and killing the passenger. Shangeeth Sathyanathan, now aged 20, of Brettell Lane, Brierley Hill, had been driving an Audi A5 on the wrong side of the road in Birmingham when the fatal collision happened in August last year. Sathyanathan admitted three charges; causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving without insurance. Why should he be allowed to stay in the UK? I've checked, he wasn't born here.

[@johnsmithers8913]

Honestly, this is a very interesting view point.

[@adenwellsmith6908]

@@johnsmithers8913 It's one of the major problems. Other peoples' rights are ignored. For example, migration. Most migrants pay less tax than they cost. Other people are made poorer because they are forced to subsidise them. The right to enjoy your property [money] is violated to fund migration.

[@johnmaurer2035]

This sh*t just writes itself. Can you imagine how this would play out in Afghanistan?

[@accaeffe8032]

Can I have a face lift on the NHS. I'm 65 but I identify as a 35-year-old?

[@R6AAO]

I imagine raising an eyebrow in a plastic surgeons surgery would be something they physically cannot do because of the amount of botox they've all injected into their faces..

[@fredforsythe8310]

As a white Anglo I wonder if I can get a race change on the NHS?

[@phoenixxavier9615]

Only if you identify identify as something else.

[@johnsmithers8913]

I wonder if certain patients are given skin whitening procedures and plastic surgery on the NHS? Michael Jackson certainly wanted to be Caucasian....why not others?

[@fredforsythe8310]

@@johnsmithers8913 Ah! Fashion changes. Black is beautiful now we are told.

[@alunhuang-wright3030]

You could then apply for a council house in London.

[@phildavies6020]

@@alunhuang-wright3030 Good one!

[@voltairedentotalenkrieg5147]

I don't think there will be a return journey, Ms Frodo.

[@garth8979]

I see what you did there 😂

[@voltairedentotalenkrieg5147]

@garth8979 it's not mine. If you Google it, you might see the meme

[@colingoddard7540]

Simon you are gifted with your words and your Sherlock like qualities. Very gifted. Keep it up.

[@davidjones3955]

At least 2 1/2 year wait for gallbladder operation. Wasting money on this man seems to be wasteful.

[@ccampbell1117]

I love the Lord Nelson analogy . It is truly unbelievable what is happening in this country .

[@johnsmithers8913]

We live in a post-modernist world where nothing is better, or more valuable, or more sensible than anything else. We are seeing this philosophy carried out before our eyes. At this point, everyone should realize that a civilization cannot exist with post-modernism as its foundation. We must drown post-modernism in the bathtub or our society collapses. Not much time left.

[@SMX815]

Does not know if he is Arthur or Martha 😂

[@jimmycampbell78]

That was Alex Belfield's line....he used to call all this stuff out in much more hilarious and damning terms, before he got sent to prison.

[@SMX815]

@ yes it was his punchline, I have never forgotten it & it still tickles me 👍

[@markbryant4641]

Glenn or Glenda

[@billsellwood3280]

Wonder who is paying his legal fees .

[@johnduheaume6650]

You can have just one guess, I guarantee you'll be right.

[@cliveharrison6054]

I have to admit, I get so wound up with all this, but thanks for bringing some humour into it.

[@TERRY-cb2ku]

The way Simon brought this across would be amusing...if wasn't so serious. How did insanity get this far ?

[@DominicFlynn]

The HRC has to side with him/her. They've got no choice. NHS will cough to plus compensation

[@harryflockhart8868]

I would like to know the name changing say from Andy to Mandy. Absolute madness it could only happen in this country

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

Then back to Randy and onto Sandy.

[@danielburger1775]

But they never call themselves names like Mandy or Julie. They always take names like Crystal or Tiffany.

[@Paul-qs3nu]

Their should be an investigation into the amount of operations, fat reduction ect, being done aboard then having to be corrected on the NHS . A friend's daughter went out to Turkey and six months later spending a week in hospital

[@Ultronmclovin]

They are not free,the tax payer pays at roughly £130,000 per patient including meds

[@caeserromero3013]

Did they put one on, take it off again and then put it back on again?

[@johnduheaume6650]

Do the Hokey Cokey and shake it all about?

[@shdwbnndbyyt]

Simon gives Lord Nelson analogy... NHS: "Hold our champagne, we have a NEW challenge!!!"

[@tropics8407]

Why can’t those responsible be sued for negligence ? 🤷‍♂️ that would inject some accountability into the process

[@Mistersandyrobertson]

The most insane part is that this wealthy man decided to have the third operation on the cheap by going abroad, where it was botched - and the gist of his claim is that the bungled op leaving him in pain is the fault of the NHS as they somehow 'forced' him to have it done by bunglers. No mention by him of why he didn't just pay a bit more and have the madness done by a competent private UK surgeon.

[@oliveringram3056]

Sitting here waiting for the result of a recent Biopsy, could be weeks yet, partly because of a general slow down over the festive period, this makes my blood boil.

[@voltairedentotalenkrieg5147]

Why do the centre right or populist right talk about the Lucy Letby case? Why don't the left guardian talk about it?

[@FredScuttle456]

Perhaps Letby was just a patsy, to prevent the NHS being blamed for its failings. Same as the Post Office, blaming sub postmasters for its failings.

[@alunhuang-wright3030]

Maybe because people have reservations when people are not only convicted but also pilloried, for an alleged crime. I watched the reporting of this case, (some of it at least). I was never convinced beyond doubt. And now we have an expert witness changing their opinion on three of the deaths.

[@voltairedentotalenkrieg5147]

@alunhuang-wright3030 100% but why are only the center right and populist right covering it, why not the left wing outlets? It's part of the cultural war, but I don't understand why other than she's white.

[@Mike-tb5gj]

I enjoyed the "Lord Nelson" analogy. However, it is a perfect illustration of how insane all this business actually is. As Simon says, the issues that plague such people are psychological, not medical. We have seen around, I'd say, 10-15 years of this stuff in our news and legislation being passed, along with all the other changes to our lives, to accommodate less than 1% of the population. It must be time, especially in view of this potential Court case, to cast off all the fantasy that surrounds this phenomenon, finally see that the "Emperor" is indeed naked - then tell everyone very loudly and publicly, that he is.

[@mickyday2008]

Unbelievable

[@raymondrhudy8681]

I love this channel. It always makes sense!!!

[@donaldcarr8766]

Good point about Admiral Nelson.

[@geert574]

thats crazy in Belgium its out of own pocket like gastric bypass its in the segment plastic surgery no tax money spent on it

[@royalalloy3471]

I think three operations is a bit over the top. Even one free one is, one two many but three 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@keithharrison1453]

The NHS is a particularly well funded far left political organisation. Health care is just its hobby.

[@davidkruyer8048]

I used to be undecided but now I'm not quite sure

[@WigswithHeather]

New subscriber! Thank you Simon for this rational and enjoyable listen. Rational because I adore common sense, enjoyable because your lovely accent soothes my Tinnitus that flares in the evening. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Heather

[@KevinGuy-j5i]

At the heart of the problem is a national health system where some users, for various reasons never pay one penny towards the health system but receiive the same care as somebody who pays thousands of pounds in NIC. I know I sound idealistic but a good health system should also be a fair system.

[@79joddy]

Sadly, none of this surprised me. I just wonder what else the taxpayer is forking out for. I have long suspected the NHS is being run into the ground. Watch as it is sold of to the highest bidder and you have to pay a fortune in health insurance. If you need an operation you will probably need to pay out a loan.

[@mikedee1771]

I don't if it still happens but I've heard of breast enlargements being carried out for free on the NHS. That would be be fine if the NHS had limitless resources but people are suffering waiting for hip replacements etc.

[@danielcalderwood6674]

Yep. So long as a trick cyclist signs off on it. With regard to the Lord Nelson thing, I'm virtually certain that psychiatric patients have had healthy limbs amputated because of some delusion or other.

[@stevelufc64]

It should be a human right to access a dentist on the NHS but it's not apparently.

[@jontwest]

Great vid, and for the first couple of minutes or so, one of the funniest on the net - thanks for such a laugh!

[@HistoryDebunkedsimonwebb]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed it!

[@galegrazutis964]

I am in Australia and have renal failure l am at the hospital tnree days a week, while l could have it done publicly l choose not to. The who process in the public sector is ery nurse poor and not a pleasant environmental to be in generally so l pay for private cover.

[@nigelmacbug6678]

l wonder how much legal aid The Human Rights Act 1998 sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms that everyone in the UK is entitled to Article 2: Right to life Article 3: Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment Article 4: Freedom from slavery and forced labour Article 5: Right to liberty and security Article 6: Right to a fair trial Article 7: No punishment without law Article 8: Respect for your private and family life, home and correspondence Article 9: Freedom of thought, belief and religion Article 10: Freedom of expression Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association Article 12: Right to marry and start a family Article 14: Protection from discrimination in respect of these rights and freedoms Protocol 1, Article 1: Right to peaceful enjoyment of your property Protocol 1, Article 2: Right to education Protocol 1, Article 3: Right to participate in free elections Protocol 13, Article 1: Abolition of the death penalty

[@phildavies6020]

..I’ve read through this list several times but can’t find a human right to have a kn*b removed or put in place.

[@user-rf9me7xm1w]

Very interesting, how do the authorities get away with contravening a number of these ?

[@Parasmunt]

There IS such a thing as surgery addiction. The plastic surgeons know about it. If it can happen to people changing their appearance it can happen to people having sex change (misnomer) operations.

[@vjamesg100]

Impossible.

[@shenaghbroderick7019]

Could it possibly be for medical research?

[@galegrazutis964]

This is why l hate universal health care. Some u n forunate person who work and has paid into the system for an eternity has too wait 6 moths or more for a scan scan and the wait period for the scan might be cancerous so he has a less likely chance of being cured. Or l now how long my Au t had to wait to see an ENT . But mo ey seems always plentiful for people like this, a psychiatrist is what they need not a surgeon. If they want to have this sorg of surgery then let them pay for the entire thing privately.

[@danielcalderwood6674]

They have to get a trick cyclist to sign off on it.

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

Simon, I never thought that I'd hear you saying, in effect, "my body my choice". Whatever next?

[@ANationalAcrobat-qj2dl]

Good morning, Simon. The optimistic side of me says that this is merely obtaining human guinea pigs for budding surgeons to practice on which, if I'm right, is a rare stroke of genius from the NHS Best regards

[@Bothorth]

1:40 So ... do they keep it all on ice? Just in case. 🤔

[@vjamesg100]

Wow!

[@andrewegan1732]

So rich a developer Mr Kane sought to buy Manchester United in the early 1990s.

[@lesleybutler3937]

😂 brilliant Simon 👏

[@pamelawebb7268]

I wouldn't want to bet on the Nelson thing Simon

[@richiec9077]

😂 Just incase you weren't sure the first time