Activists from across Europe will descend on major cities at the weekend to protest against the imposition of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (or TTIP) – a “free trade agreement” between the US and the EU. Rarely does one issue help galvanise continental wide disapproval but in the case of TTIP, people from across […]
Posts Tagged ‘NHS’
Tories now wide open to attack: when is Labour going to exocet them?
Oct 5th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.Even on their own terms the Tories are now exposed to assault on several grounds. Cameron threw down the gauntlet by asking: Who do you trust? Labour should pick it up. Large majorities in the electorate think the Tories are the party of the rich, not for them; witness the tax cuts for millionaires and […]
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Cameron isn’t telling the truth on the NHS any more than Osborne on the economy
Oct 2nd, 2014 by Michael Meacher.Cameron’s closing speech to the Tory conference centred on trying to reassure the electorate that the NHS was safe in Tory hands. But the evidence he produced to justify this proved the opposite. He promised to protect the NHS in real terms for the next 5 years from 2015 to 2020, the same as he […]
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Labour HQ censors 91-year old veteran’s reference to welfare cuts and austerity
Sep 30th, 2014 by Jon Lansman.Yesterday, I received an email appearing to come from Andy Burnham about what I’m sure he did describe as “one of the most moving speeches I’ve ever heard“. It deserved strong praise — that’s why we featured 91-year old Harry Leslie Smith’s demand for David Cameron to “keep his mitts off my NHS” on Left Futures last week. It received […]
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“Mr Cameron, keep your mitts off my NHS”
Sep 26th, 2014 by Jon Lansman.Unfortunately, I missed Harry Leslie Smith speaking at the Labour Party conference but the truth and the electricity survive in this recording. The words which perhaps have almost more importance as a warning for Labour Party members than for the Tories are these: As I stand here today, my heart is with all of those people from […]
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PFI contractor, Carillion, damned in report by NHS trust
Sep 25th, 2014 by Andy Newman.A damning NHS Trust report completely vindicates what GMB has said about Carillion since the union was first approached by staff in 2011. GMB, the union for staff at Carillion at Great Western PFI Hospital in Swindon, commented on the report considered on 25th September by the Board of the NHS Foundation Trust which details […]
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Labour must commit to rebuilding the NHS
Sep 20th, 2014 by Jon Lansman.The 999 Call for NHS is the people’s campaign for the NHS inspired by a group of local mums from Darlington. Joanna responded to the Emergency Call for NHS and the 999 Call for the NHS campaign was launched at the first rally in Darlington July 2013. Since then the 999 call for NHS have […]
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If a referendum works in Scotland, why not a referendum on a fully public NHS?
Sep 12th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.Whoever wins on 18 September, the old order of the Tory-dominated Westminster establishment is finished. If the Yes vote wins, it will have enormous negative repercussions for the London-based power structure and will spark huge and largely irresistible demands for real devolution of power for Wales and Northern Ireland as well as the metropolitan city […]
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Leaks show US multinationals now directing doctors’ commissioning groups
Sep 9th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.Evidence has now been leaked which proves that big healthcare corporations, including some of the biggest US healthcare multinationals, are now taking the lead in directing GPs’ clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in allocating the £80bn NHS budget at their disposal. The previously unknown Commissioning Support Industry Group (CSIG) has been seeking to win contracts worth […]
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Ending the secrecy that shrouds the sell off of the NHS
Sep 4th, 2014 by Grahame Morris.The arguments about the fragmentation and privatisation of NHS services are well rehearsed. The public know the reorganisation wasted £3 billion and vital resources which should have been spent on frontline services and patients, but what has often gone unnoticed is the democratic deficit and the erosion of our rights to question those who run public […]
