NHS not save in Labours hand either, especially under Ed Miliband

Posted on by Patrick Sudlow

It has been pointed out to me by skwalker1964 that the Guardian had run two articles about Ed Miliband and the NHS.

In the first article, it has Ed Miliband exhorting Labour councils to use Public Health Boards to fight the worst of the Conservative privatisation of the NHS: Ed Miliband Health election campaign.  

The second article, it states Ed Miliband stating that he would not sanction money on reversing the Conservative privatisation of the NHS.  It does state that a Labour spokesman confirming the party would stick with it’s promise of reversing the NHS bill: Ed Mliband Labour vision.  

If anyone thinks that you can trust Labour or the Conservatives must be deluded.  Labour promised to improve the railways in the public interest but gave Virgin a monopoly to run the West Coast Line.  To Keep the NHS save but they were responsible for the initial stages of privatisation of the NHS through its Private Finance Initiatives.  Labour party manifesto 1997.  

An lets not forget, Blair took us into two illegal wars, the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.  This country urgently needs electoral reform in the form of Proportional Representation like the majority of countries that are democratic countries.  Unlike the UK which is not a democratic country and has never been, except before the Norman invasion.

Davey vows to fight Tory tea party tendency for a “fairer, greener Britain” – 24 Sep 2012 – News from BusinessGreen

Posted on by Patrick Sudlow

Full of promises, but will they be able to integrate the country into a ‘green economy’.  They continually talk about growth, when that is the last thing the planet needs but a transfer to a Green economy.  There is no mention about taxing aviation, for the pollution it causes.  And it is not the South East were we do not want airport expansion, it is country wide.

Even the CBI is calling for a rejection of massive investment in large-scale gas plant to solve the countries energy crisis.  Unfortunately, they do still say they is a need for nuclear, which is prohibitively expensive and not carbon neutral.

Davey vows to fight Tory tea party.

CBI-rejects-calls-for-allout-dash-for-gas

Tory donors benefit from contract awarded by Minister

Posted on by Patrick Sudlow

I have been busy trying to do an assignment for a postgraduate module.  But this article, struck me as to why we need to bring an number of services back into  Public ownership.  The only people who have benefited from privatisation of services, from buses, railways, social services and the NHS under Labour and Tories, are business people.  There are no benefits for those in need, there is no ‘trickle-down effect.  These people make money out of the tax-payer and politicians are happy about this, because they benefit as well.

Tory donors benefit from Government contracts.

Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News | Rolling Stone

Posted on by Patrick Sudlow

A couple of articles which have cropped up recently.  Firstly one from the Rolling Stone magazine about the seriousness of Global Warming and the failure of our inept politicians.  The other article is an article in response to a very flawed report arguing against regulations and product energy efficiency standards.

Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News | Rolling Stone.

Overriding Common Sense: An Attack on Energy Efficiency Standards. 

‘People Will Die’ – The End Of The NHS. Part 1: The Corporate Assault

Posted on by Patrick Sudlow

I thought I would re-blog this article on the dismantling of the National Health Service in the UK.  An end to universal care in the UK especially for the poor.  We are becoming more like the US, where only those rich enough to have private medical insurance receive appropriate medical care.

‘People Will Die’ – The End Of The NHS. Part 1: The Corporate Assault.

And part two is about the British Broadcasting Company’s lack of news coverage of the privatisation and dismantling of the NHS.  How the BBC is no longer an objective news broadcaster, but one that appears to broadcast ‘newspeak’.

‘People Will Die’ – The End Of The NHS. Part 2: Buried by the BBC.

ALEC’s Top Five Anti-Environment “Model” Laws

Posted on by Patrick Sudlow

Here is an article posted by Truthout about a lobbyist group funded by Big Energy to water down environmental laws.  Unfortunately, this is happening in the UK with lobbyists funded by Big Energy trying to get the UK Government to water down environmental laws, Health & Safety regulations and reduction in funding to renewables.

ALEC’s Top Five Anti-Environment “Model” Laws.

Politics and why you should vote Green tomorrow 3rd May.

Posted on by Patrick Sudlow
Whether a Conservative, Liberal or Labour voter, this is what you are voting for:

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, ‘What is Politics?’ Dad says, ‘Well son, let me try to explain it this way:

I am the head of the family, so call me The Prime Minister..
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government
We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.
The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class.
And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.
Now think about that and see if it makes sense.’

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.
Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.
He finds that the baby has severely soiled his nappy.
So the little boy goes to his parent’s room and finds his mother asleep.
Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny’s room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny..
He gives up and goes back to bed.
The next morning, the little boy says to his father, ‘Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now. ‘
The father says, ‘Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all
about.’
The little boy replies, ‘The Prime Minister is screwing the Working Class while the
Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and
the Future is in deep shit.’ 

So vote Green, for a new type of politics.