Politics
NHS providers say: ‘they cannot deliver, as set out under the NHS constitution, safe, decent standards of patient care.’
In business questions to the Leader of the House, Shadow leader of the house Valerie Vaz spelled out to the House of Commons exactly why the Government could not wriggle out of responsibility for the current dire crisis facing the NHS across Britain. The Labour MP for Walsall South explained why she held the Jeremy Hunt the Secretary of State for Health accountable for a constituent’s death: "There seems to be a fatal flaw in the Government’s arguments. They say...
Nigel Farage calls for second referendum on EU membership
Nigel Farage has called for a second referendum on EU membership following a huge public backlash since the referendum. The former UKIP leader, who was a key architect of the first referendum, made the extraordinary admission in an interview on the Wright Stuff show. He said: "My mind is actually changing on this. "What is for certain is that the Cleggs and the Blairs will never ever give up. "They will go on whinging and whining and moaning all the...
May vs May – Brian May slams “vain” Prime Minister
Brian May has slammed Theresa May saying she is "driven by vanity and thirst for power". In a "battle of the Mays" the Queen guitarist accused the Prime Minister of being vain before taking aim at the UK's decision to leave the European Union, which he described as “the dumbest thing Britain has ever done in my lifetime”. Speaking to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, the legendary musician called Brexit a “tragedy” and “disaster". He said: "She (Theresa May) is, like Cameron before...
Ex-Lib Dem leader Tim Farron admits he regrets saying gay sex isn’t a sin
Tim Farron has admitted that he lied to the public during the 2017 general election campaign, when he was asked if he believed gay sex was sinful. His answer to the question was “we are all sinners” to avoid his real feelings on the issue. Now Mr Farron has admitted to a Christian radio station that he felt pressured into dodging the question He told the radio show: "The bottom line is of course I did. And there are things...
80 yr old epileptic man left on trolley for 36hrs- Ashworth confronts Hunt with reality of NHS crisis
In an opposition day motion on the NHS crisis, the shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth praised the hard work of NHS staff in the House of Commons and pressed the Health Secretary on “a winter crisis even worse than last year." MPs from around the country told horrifying tales of cancelled operations, hospital closures, staff shortages and failures for patient outcomes. Jonathan Ashworth told how In a hospital ward in Pinderfields Hospital, west Yorkshire, patients were left lying on the...
“May wanted to sack health secretary last week but was too weak” – winter crisis blows up for PM at PMQs
Theresa May tried to strike a light tone for the first Prime Minister’s Questions of 2018, but ended up looking out of her depth - and not just when she quipped about Labour’s Angela Rayner not being present to defend herself - only to have to apologise when informed that the shadow education secretary was absent as she was undergoing medical treatment. And it was the NHS that dominated a tense PMQs, with the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt shifting about in...
Corbyn: Does the Prime Minister really believe that the NHS is better prepared than ever?
Jeremy Corbyn used a heartbreaking and "not uncommon" example of NHS failings to challenge the Prime Minister on its preparedness in today's PMQs. With 55,000 cancelled operations joining the four million-strong waiting list the Labour leader told the case of Vicky to drive the message home in the first questions of 2018. Vicky's 82 yr old mother spent 13 hours on a trolley in a corridor, on top of the three hours between calling 999 and arriving in hospital. The...
“This f*cking idiot is the president” – Robert De Niro’s speech in full
Robert De Niro described Donald Trump as a "f*cking idiot" and "Jerkoff-in-chief" during a profane rant at last night's National Board of Review gala. The actor, who was introducing Meryl Streep, used The Post to cast parallels on today's political scene, saying Trump has "put the press under siege" by trying to "discredit it through outrageous attacks and lies". He said: "Again, just like 1971, the press is distinguishing itself with brave, exacting journalism." Donald Trump has faced a media frenzy over...
Government cuts number of firefighters by 20% – Deaths by fire rise by 21%
Amber Rudd was yesterday forced to admit that the government had cut the number of firefighters - just months after chief fire officers warned that further budget cuts pose a risk to community safety. Official figures revealed last year showed the biggest increase in fire deaths for a decade. Figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government show that 294 people died in fires in England during 2015, an increase of 21 per cent. The figures coincide with numbers...