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We should not be pushing out figured when the facts are in the opposite direction.

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Aneurin Bevan
Age: 62 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 15
Died: 1960
Died: July 6
Politician
Secretary Of State For Health
Trade Unionist
Nye Bevan
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Figured
Statistics
Pushing
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The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it
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I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
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Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos.
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