Spectator Magazine logo Spectator Magazine 1 month ago

Current Tory health plans are backward-looking and reactionary

I have long been depressed about Tory health policy, or lack thereof. The News of the World today does a head-to-head about whether Andy Burnham or Andrew Lansley would be better to run the NHS – and I give my verdict. Full Article at Spectator Magazine

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  1. If an ordinary soldier had done this, a tonne of bricks would come down on him and he could be court-martialled.
    – Frank Dobson SOURCE: Times Online 1 month ago
  2. I watched it and I must say, I didn't think it was appropriate. Look, I think journalists should feel free to ask any question they like and I think politicians should feel free to say, 'Look, do you know what, I'm not going to answer that one'.
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  3. I am very clear after the conversations I have had that, in my view, there is no reason why there should not be an accident and emergency service at Burnley General Hospital.
    Andrew Lansley – Andrew Lansley SOURCE: The Burnley Citizen 2 months ago
  4. Recently I visited the Great Western Hospital, in Weston-super-Mare, which had an accident and emergency department, and the population there is very similar to that of Burnley and Pendle.
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  2. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Mugs promoting the National Health Service are stacked on a Labour party stall at the Labour Party Conference on September 28, 2009 in Brighton, England.
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