[Tealeaf]

Sod their human rights! What about everyone else's human rights - and the cost to the British Taxpayer? Medication for an HIV carrier costs £10,000 per year - why should the taxpayer fork out for this - after all its not a cure, merely a delay on the final outcome. HIV is, for most people, acquired through lifestyle. Fair enough - most people who acquire lung cancer do so through smoking - lifestyle - but at least tax is paid on the "sin" and a lifetime smoker will have more than paid through taxes the cost of his medical treatment (and will also save through not drawing the state pension)

I really despair at our priorities. Two-Thirds of all our HIV cases now are people who have contracted it outside the UK, and two thirds of these are Asylum Seekers/Immigrants. Those are DOH figures. I am at a loss to understand just why the hell we are paying for their treatment - people who have not contributed to the public kitty or are unlikelely to do so - while at the same time we have waiting lists for various surgical operations, such as hip replacement, of up to 11 months.

What is in fact more galling is that without some form of readily identifiable marker, these people are free to continue their dodgy lifestyle. In the case of the Asylum seekers - then ship 'em home; as for the rest, if you want the medication, you can have it - but the public need to know who you are.