The British public's trust in Downing Street's actions is going down the drain. Meanwhile, citizens across the islands fear an income tax hike in just two weeks that would betray... one of Labour's key election promisesAnd while this could cause a political earthquake, another highly sensitive issue, the NHS, the National Health Service, is still struggling to recover and significantly reduce waiting lists. In July, 7.41 million patients, only 200,000 fewer than a year earlier, were still waiting for treatment. The five-day strike that resident doctors in English hospitals—both in emergency and non-emergency care—are starting this Friday will not improve the situation either. And one of the consequences of these delays is that last year, more than half a million residents of the islands (523,000, according to the Office for National Statistics) traveled abroad for medical treatment. This figure represents a 50.1% increase in just two years.