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Category Archives: Health
Punishment: time to put it behind us.
“This hurts me more than it hurts you,” said the headmaster as he reached for his cane. “Pull your pants down boy, I need to see your cheeks glow.” “This hurts me more than it hurts you,” says the apocryphal … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Crime, Health, Housing, inequality
Tagged Crime, prison, punishment, Restorative Justice
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Enough is enough.
Call me naïve if you like, but I still believe that most politicians go into the business because they want to make the world a better place. They may lose their way, become seduced by the sense of their own … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Norman Lamb, resignation, Syria
Tagged bombing, health, Lib Dems, Lieral Democrats, NHS, Nick Clegg, resignation, Syria, Tim Farron
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Lib Dems to be offered radical new Health Policy
I shall go to Glasgow this weekend with a group of others to promote our new policy on the NHS. After a year of deliberations, a policy working group set up by Liberal Democrats failed to reach agreement. Two policy documents … Continue reading
Posted in Glasgow, Health, Lib Dem Conference, NHS, Nick Clegg, Norman Lamb
Tagged Allyson Pollock, Andy Burnham, Liberal Democrats, Margaret Thatcher, NHS England
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Will Lib Dems take the high road or the low road to Scotland?
Liberal Democrats meet this weekend at Glasgow for the Autumn Conference. It is only a few days since the eyes of the world were looking to Scotland with one big question in their minds. Anyone who cares about politics will … Continue reading
Posted in Glasgow, Health, Lib Dem Conference, NHS, Public Services, Transport
Tagged Liberal Democrats, public services
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The hush hush health policy
So what are these proposals that no-one dare let Liberal Democrats see at Conference? There is an increasing body of reputable opinion and evidence that market competition is an expensive irrelevance in healthcare. It is interesting to note that every … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lib Dem Conference, NHS
Tagged competition, NHS, NHS providers, Public Health, public services, secrecy
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How democratic are the Liberal Democrats?
Sometimes I despair. Sometimes I have hope. The UK may not be as corrupt as the Ukraine, but the influence of big business, consultancies and think-tanks on political policy development is scary. Russell Brand says that we should not vote. … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Health, Lib Dem Conference, Nick Clegg, Norman Lamb
Tagged democracy, national health service, public services, sexism
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Your hospital could be closed or taken over without any consultation.
In the law of the jungle we see nature red in tooth and claw, dog eats dog, might is right, competition is king and the playground bully rules the roost. In a civilised society, however we have different values. We … Continue reading
Posted in Health, NHS, Uncategorized
Tagged CCG, Clause 118, Jeremy Hunt, Lewisham, NHS, Public Health
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