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Apparently cancelling 55K ops isn’t a crisis- it’s better than last year when patients told day before- Jeremy Hunt’s carcrash interview
As the scale of the winter crisis facing the NHS - a crisis the Government was repeatedly warned about - became increasingly apparent today, the Prime Minister and Health Secretary veered from one car crash interview to another. On Wednesday Theresa May flatly denied there was any "crisis", insisting “the NHS has been better prepared for this winter than ever before, we have put extra funding in. ''There are more beds available across the system, we've reduced the number of delayed...
“It’s simply obscene’ – Top company bosses make more in three days than average UK worker will in entire year
Big corporations are not going to volunteer to really rein themselves in, which is why we need greater restraint on the excesses of those at the top, says union. GMB, Britain’s general union, has commented on ‘Fat Cat’ pay day tomorrow – when the UK’s top bosses will have made more money than the typical UK full-time worker will earn in the entire year, according to calculations from independent think tank The High Pay Centre, and the CIPD, the professional body...
Tory Windsor council chief calls for removal of homeless in lead up to Royal wedding
The leader of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Simon Dudley, took to Twitter to remove homeless people in Windsor before the Royal Wedding on 19 May. The Wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle is expected to attract huge numbers of visitors to the Windsor. It already has a massive influx of visitors daily due to it being home to Windsor Castle, Eton College and Ascot racecourse. Dudley took to Twitter and said he would write to Thames Valley...
NHS Crisis – Hospitals delay non-urgent operations
The NHS crisis shows no signs of improving, as non-urgent operations are to be pushed back until the end of January. Winter pressure of the NHS has meant that services have been severely stretched. The NHS needs to focus on emergency care, and has no option but to delay non-urgent care. The winter period is always tough for the NHS, with the numbers of people with Flu related illnesses, adding to the, already huge, patient numbers. Many people will be...
This speech on Europe is going viral for all the right reasons
A video of a speech in the European Parliament by Spanish MEP Esteban Gonzales Pons is going viral on social media. The rousing talk highlights the problems currently being faced on the continent, highlighting the importance of unity in a time of great instability. He said: "Europe is currently bound to the North by populism and to the South by refugees drowned in the sea. "To the East by Putin's tanks, to the West by the Trump Wall. "In the past...
“The blood of these young people on her hands” – Former police officer’s jaw-dropping response to the spike in young violent crime needs to be seen:
After four young men were stabbed in London in one night on New Year’s Eve, former Senior Investigating Officer at the Metropolitan Police Peter Kirkham was invited onto Sky News to explain the appalling events, as well as the shocking upturn in violent crime in recent months. His candid response is an appalling indictment of this Government, ignored warnings on police cuts, "institutional racism" that has turned a blind eye to the regular deaths of young men in inner cities and...
Corbyn’s shadow rail minister’s Virgin Train breaks down en route to rail fares protest
Jeremy Corbyn's shadow rail minister Andy McDonald was left stranded on a broken down Virgin Train en route to a rail fares protest in Leeds. The East Coast line has had the benefit of a £2 billion payout over the last over the last few weeks and it comes hot on the heels of today's 3.6 per cent increase in rail fares. McDonald said on his Facebook page: "My day of campaigning has been brought to a halt due to a...
Freemasons in police are “leading to an old boys’ network” outgoing Police Federation chief warns
Reform of police forces is being blocked by membership of the Freemasons, the outgoing Police Federation chair Steve White has warned. Previously some police figures such as former Met police commissioner the late Sir Kenneth Newman and those investigating police forces have warned that membership of the secret society should have no place in the police. Steve White who stepped down after three years as head of the Police Federation on January 1, told The Guardian newspaper: “What people do...
Putting prices & backs up…Virgin Trains apologises for ‘sexist’ tweet
After train users have been slapped with their regular yearly ticket rise Virgin Trains has now "apologised unreservedly" for a tweet which some social media users described as "sexist". In response to a complaint about being referred to as "honey", the official Virgin Trains East Coast Twitter account asked if she would "prefer 'pet' or 'love' next time". The passenger, Emily Lucinda Cole, 27, said she was "stunned" by the response. Many other people took to social media to share...