UK Labour Party's Support For Homeopathy Grows

An anonymous reader writes: The UK's Labour Party is currently led by Jeremy Corbyn, who has shown support for homeopathy in the past. So has Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell. (So-called 'shadow' posts in the UK government essentially comprise an alternative Cabinet with positions held by party members in opposition to the party in power.) Now, homeopathy seems to have additional support from the newly-appointed shadow health minister, Heidi Alexander. "I know lots of people who know about benefits of homeopathy. Whether it's the right use of public money is another thing altogether. I'm open to hearing the argument as to why people may think it appropriate."

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Homeopathy as euthanasia.

[trout007]

The real deal is NHS is killing the UK. So if they can get people to use homeopathy instead of science they can save money while letting stupid people die. This is typical rationing with state healthcare.

Re:Homeopathy as euthanasia.

[trout007]

Tell that to my Canadian friends sister who lived in Canada. She was 30 years old when she was diagnosed with Stomach Cancer. Of course it took her too long to get the scans she needed and when she was finally diagnosed they couldn't afford to treat her. She was single with no kids so I'm guessing it was an easy call to make for them to make. Sacrificing an individual to keep costs down is typical. That's how you get the best overall outcome per money spent.

If she lived in the US she would be alive. Maybe she would have been bankrupted by the costs if she didn't have insurance but at least she would have been alive.

Re: Tedious Smear

[jcr]

There is a very clear right wing bias in the press.

Talk to your doctors and get your meds adjusted. You're full-on delusional.

-jcr