The NHS did not deserve to be so disgracefully glorified in this bonanza of left-wing propagand

Daily Mail ^ | 7/28/12 | Rick Dewsbury

[Mozilla]

The letters ‘NHS’ dazzled in bright red, like some triumphant advert. All around pranced self-indulgent nurses who had volunteered to take a few days off to be part of the ceremony.

And how long did this shameful propaganda last for? A whole 15 minutes at the top of proceedings before viewers dozed off to the procession of banana republics and far-flung destinations nobody has ever heard of or even cares for.

That such a politically divisive subject was included at all is utterly shocking. Not least because it glossed over the cracks in a system that is creaking at its seams - crying out for urgent reform.

And nobody seems to have considered the sheer hypocrisy that the majority of the athletes taking part in the Games will have access to the most expensive cutting-edge private treatment available in the world for even the slightest graze on their bodies.

The NHS segment came after a mildly moving rendition of Jerusalem (though this will move any patriot) and a play depicting the industrial revolution tearing up Blake’s ‘green and pleasant land’.

It was the absurdly unrealistic scene – and indeed one that would spring from the kind of nonsensical targets and equality quotas we see in the NHS - showing a mixed-race middle-class family in a detached new-build suburban home, which was most symptomatic of the politically correct agenda in modern Britain.

This was supposed to be a representation of modern life in England but it is likely to be a challenge for the organisers to find an educated white middle-aged mother and black father living together with a happy family in such a set-up.

This multicultural equality agenda was so staged it was painful to watch.

[the scotsman]

1-—OK, Lennon and Macca are ‘just’ (great) pop music talents, but why shouldnt we celebrate Darwin?.

I am immensely proud, being British, that the great man is on our banknotes, taught to our pupils, and is revered by most British people as a genius, great man and a national hero/treasure.

And Jane Austin helped change the face of literature. Why the objection to a great writer?.

2—The whole point was to take the people watching from the era just before the IR, through the IR, past the world wars, to modern day UK, which is where the texting/film clip/pop montage came in.