Politics
NHS demise: Incompetence or a deliberate act of capitalist vandalism?
Suspicions that the demise of Britain's public services is an act of deliberate capitalist vandalism have surfaced following a winter of discontent for the health service. Almost 15 per cent of England's A&E patients waited more than four hours to be seen last month - the joint-worst figure on record - as senior doctors warn of patients dying in corridors. Many hospitals are without even a single free bed, with one consultant saying that he could not even make any...
Hammond slapped down Johnson today after he demanded £5billion NHS ‘Brexit dividend’
The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has slapped down an expected demand from Boris Johnson for a post-Brexit cash boost for the NHS. Johnson was hoping for a £5 billion NHS "Brexit dividend." The Chancellor reminded Boris he is the Foreign Secretary, without responsibility for health spending, as he arrived for a meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels on today. Mr Hammond said: "Mr Johnson is the Foreign Secretary. "I gave the Health Secretary an extra £6bn at the recent Budget...
Farage tipped to return to UKIP
Nigel Farage is among the favourites to replace Henry Bolton following Sunday’s vote of no-confidence for the current UKIP leader. The former leader was back in the limelight recently after he called for a second referendum on EU membership on TV show the Wright Stuff. Some people have taken that to mean that he is eyeing up a return to the political arena, and he's well priced at bookmakers Ladbrokes who have him at 4/1 to take the reins at the beleaguered nationalist party....
Another UKIP leadership election looms as NEC unanimously vote ‘no confidence’ over Bolton’s partner’s racist comments.
Paul Oakden, the Chairan of UKIP made a statement concerning the position of the leader of UKIP - a party which has had a farcical record of replacing its leader in the wake of the retirement of Nigel Farage: "In an emergency meeting of the UKIP National Executive today, a discussion took place on recent press coverage of the party leader, Henry Bolton. "Having heard a statement from Mr Bolton, the NEC asked a number of questions pertaining to that...
BBC quote Think Tank attacks on Labour policy: ‘Centre for Policy Studies’ has 10 Tories on its Board, as well as Mail owner Lady Rothermere
This weekend much of the British Press - as well as the BBC - mindlessly repeated the hysterical analysis propagated by the Right Wing 'think tank' The Centre for Policy Studies. Here is a listing of their Board of Directors. As you can see, it contains 10 Tories. They are: Lord Saatchi - a Conservative Party Peer, put in the Lords for services to the Thatcher government. Sir Graham Brady - a Conservative Party MP. Lord Bamford - A Conservative Party donor....
“Jeremy Corbyn is playing this beautifully” – The Right Wing press are turning on Theresa May & the Tories.
No, you aren't dreaming. The Right Wing hack behind Dodgy David Cameron's 'PigGate' scandal did say this, on live television: "Jeremy Corbyn is playing this beautifully. There is a much more worrying bigger picture here for the Conservatives in the opportunity that they have created for Jeremy Corbyn to underline his case: that unfettered free markets don't work, and that somehow or other Carillion symbolises everything that is wrong about the system. I don't think most voters are particularly ideological...
Trump 2013: The President should be fired for shutdowns
Donald Trump is being reminded of comments he made in 2013 when he called for the then President Barack Obama to step down over government shutdowns. Speaking on Fox & Friends he said: "Well, if you say who gets fired it always has to be the top. "I mean, problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top and the president’s the leader. And he’s got to get everybody in a room and he’s got...
Man who can’t build bridge across the Thames wants to construct one across the Channel
Boris Johnson, whose London bridge project collapsed in acrimony last year after shelling out £37 million on the project, yesterday proposed a 22-mile bridge across the Channel. The Foreign Secretary oversaw plans for a "garden bridge" in London during his tenure as Mayor that would stretch 366 metres across the Thames. But the "garden paradise" was canned by Sadiq Khan, who said he could not justify the £200 million construction. Not that the catastrophic fail has spoilt Johnson's appetite for bridge building....
Former Medical Director of the NHS warns of Jeremy Hunt’s sick April fool’s joke – 15 yr PFI contracts to stop NHS re-nationalisation.
Former Medical Director of the NHS Dr Graham Winyard has a stark warning about Jeremy Hunt & Theresa May's plans for the NHS this spring: "Jeremy Hunt and NHS England’s latest big idea is Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs). These bodies would be allowed to make most decisions about how to allocate resources and design care for people in certain areas. At the moment, that’s done by public bodies whose governance is regulated by statute, set up by parliament after...