Posts

Showing posts from March, 2017

It's Been A Shocking Week For The Tories - It Needs Pointing Out

Image
You may have noticed, the Tories aren't having a great week. The honeymoon can't last forever. From Hammond's humiliating National Insurance u-turn to the disgraceful figures released showing an increase of 400,000 children living in relative poverty under the Tories, these things can't just be ignored. And to their credit, some sections of the mainstream media are starting to report some of it. And so they should do. The good news on jobless figures, which at 5.3% is the lowest for years, shouldn't be allowed to paint over the FIVE-FOLD INCREASE  since 2011. This isn't just a small increase, its an explosion. 1 in 3 of these people working on zero hour contracts wants more hours. A sensible wage from the likes of Sports Direct would lead to a huge decrease in benefit dependency, surely this is obvious? Newly-released  government data  has shown that the number of children living in relative poverty has increased by 400,000 under the Tories. 40

8 Out Of 10 NHS Hospitals "No Longer Safe" - Hunt Must Go

Image
Figures released today by the governments own  Care Quality Commission  reveal the extent of the mess caused by 6 years of drastic cuts, shortages of staff, the rapid decline in hospital bed numbers, A&E's in complete meltdown, and privatisation not just quietly sneaking in through the back door but more steamrolling its way through the front door, with billions and billions of pounds of contracts making their way to the private sector.  For example:   Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Care won a £700m contract to deliver 200 types of   NHS   and social care services to more than 200,000 people in Bath and north-east Somerset,  sparking renewed fears about private health firms expanding their role in the provision of publicly funded health services. Yes, New Labour simply got the ball rolling for the Tories. I wont ever argue that point. They got it massively wrong.  But this is privatisation with a turbo attached. The scale and pace of private companies’ involvement