Just fuck off with your misleading ‘free’ shit - typical SNP free shite!!! Prescriptions??
Nothing in Scotland is "free." Taxpayers foot the full bill—over £1.07 billion annually for dispensed prescriptions (soared from £598 million a decade ago). That's your "progressive" triumph: every Scottish worker and business subsidising endless low-value items like paracetamol and ibuprofen that cost pennies over the counter.
England? A modest £9.90 per item (frozen again for 2026/27). But 90% of items are already exempt for the genuinely vulnerable: elderly, pregnant, low-income, cancer, diabetes sufferers, etc. Targeted protection, not blanket waste.
And here's the SNP's favourite omission: even those who **do pay** in England get massive long-term cost reductions via Prescription Prepayment Certificates (PPCs). A 3-month PPC costs just £32.05 (covers unlimited items—saves money after just 4 prescriptions). The annual one is £114.50 (breaks even after 12 items, then everything is effectively free for the year—often saving hundreds of pounds). Many chronic patients pay far less overall than under Scotland's "free" system, where the NHS (i.e., you) absorbs every extra item with no personal cap or incentive for restraint.
Your universal "free at the point of use" policy? Pure economic illiteracy:
- It exploded prescribing volume post-2011 with zero personal cost deterrent.
- Biggest winners: comfortably-off adults who could easily afford £9.90—not the poor you pretend to champion.
- Result: ballooning taxpayer costs, potential waste/stockpiling, and opportunity cost that could have funded staff or cut waiting lists instead of SNP headline-grabbing.
You scrapped modest charges (with strong exemptions) and branded it "ending a tax on the sick." Pathetic. It's actually a **tax on everyone else** to fund inefficiency and buy votes.
Here’s the humiliating truth**: England's system protects the vulnerable while offering real, long-term savings to regular users through smart prepayment. Scotland's "free" flagship is fiscal fantasy dressed as morality—delivering no superior health outcomes, just higher bills for taxpayers and distorted behaviour.
Next time you or @theSNP boast remember: the only thing free is your detachment from reality. Scotland pays dearly for your slogans. England does it smarter.
In a division below them at the time
First time we had beaten them in years
Won the penalty shootout and knocked them out the cup
Not a single Rangers fan on the pitch 👍🏼
@gordonduncan7@ClydeSSB I agree with the caller. I got told off by the Mrs for waking our 2 year old up last night celebrating St Mirren goal. Off to ibrox tonight so all being well I'll be able to celebrate a goal without getting a dressing down. Mon The Rangers