Many years ago I interviewed Michael Portillo and one of his biggest criticisms of the UK was that the country always thought it knew best and was loath to look at how other countries function and follow examples which work. For example, he singled out the Dutch education system, which is extremely hot on languages, and another was the Spanish health service; and he is not wrong.
First class Balearics
The British government could learn a lot from the IB-Salut heath service
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The Spanish NHS is indeed excellent. But surely the UK NHS must be better now that there is the extra 350 million a week that the tories promised after Brexit. How's that working out?
Humphrey, I'm delighted that your recent experiences have been positive, and that it's actually not all going pear shaped, as some have asserted here. Yes, I too find it illuminating that the health service here is so efficient and workable, amongst other public services that seem to just work well. But the thing that strikes me most is that it mostly works so well, yet nobody is screaming victory at every turn. It's as if they actually are aspiring to do the right things rather than simply get elected. The UK could learn some lessons from that as well. Underpromise, overdeliver. It's a much more effective (and rational) strategy than overpromising, underdelivering, and then claiming (nationalist) victory for it. Particularly for (many) voters, who aren't quite as gullible as some politicians would like to believe. Nationalist pride may be an effective spin tactic to gain ideological dominance in politics, but too oft gets in the way of rational thinking.