The National Health Service is the closest thing the English have to a religion, with those who practice in it regarding themselves as a priesthood. (Nigel Lawson)

The National Health Service is the closest thing the English have to a religion, with those who practice in it regarding themselves as a priesthood.

Nigel Lawson

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