Hayek did warn us about this

How people larffed and larffed when Hayek said that the creation of the National Health Service was to Road to Serfdom. Free health care would lead to an imposition upon us from government would it? Larff, Larff.

If we want lower taxes in the UK, we should get serious about becoming healthier

Hmm.

Our older and sicker population has a big price tag. Spending on working-age health and disability benefits is heading to £71bn by 2028-29, a 51% increase from today. We can’t get younger but, if we want lower taxes, we should get serious about becoming healthier.

We must eat our morning granola, do our press and sit ups, so as to be able to afford that health service. Physical jerks are to be performed in praise of the Wonder of the World. Somewhere out there we hear the echo of an Austrian accented chuckle.

We’ve got to stop smoking, eating meat, imbibing, exercise more, to save the NHS budget.