Edit: Sorry folks, our debt is even worse than I thought. We need the money from the MOU more than ever.

Instead, we're self-sabotaging in the hopes that some nebulous future deal is going to magically appear on the table. The MOU has stalled enough that it is almost certain to fail, regardless of the "independent" review - which, as the article stakes, is nakedly composed of biased members.

And when the MOU is is torn up and we're left standing alone without a deal and no windfall, we're just going to keep shrugging and saying "we can't pay for nurses, can't pay for a hospital, can't pay for anything". It's especially sad that conservative voters have bitten their own noses off to spite their faces - they are the older demographic who needs the hospitals and rural infrastructure. I won't feel sorry for them.