Daily Archives: November 26, 2015

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How big are plans for franchising the management of NHS hospitals? http://www.nhscampaign.org/uploads/documents/destabilising_rgb.pdf “Stephen Collier, the chief executive of BMI Healthcare, has resigned and will leave the business before the end of 2014″  http://www.rnha.co.uk/web_images/pdfs/Brunswick_V9I21.pdf http://www.bariatricnews.net/?q=news/1188/first-dedicated-bariatric-clinic-opens-uk

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Fitness-to-work tests ‘may have led to 600 suicides’, University of Liverpool scientist concludes

“The study – led by the University of Liverpool’s Ben Barr – concluded the benefits tests may have had “serious adverse consequences” on mental health. The scientists found there were six suicides per every 10,000 disability benefit claimants given a … Continue reading

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DWP scraps mandatory ‘work for your benefits’ scheme without fanfare

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dwp-scraps-mandatory-work-for-your-benefits-scheme-without-fanfare-a6750041.html Thanks to NLAT for the link.

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Musicians, politicians, writers, union chiefs tell Cameron Don’t Bomb Syria

http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news/musicians-writers-union-chiefs-politicians-tell-cameron-don-t-bomb-syria Jeremy Corbyn ‘cannot support UK air strikes in Syria’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34939109 Comment:  “The establishment and political careerists will try to lynch him. He is a serious challenge to their cosy cabals. All power to him, a real man for the … Continue reading

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Dennis Skinner warns against military intervention in Syria’s ‘crazy war’

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dennis-skinner-syria-military-intervention-a6750156.html GW:  No doubt Mr Skinner unnerves Cameron.  It’s Mr Skinner’s fearsome mental agility in senior years which is remarkable.  Here Skinner makes an oblique reference to Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by itemising Cameron’s enemies on the … Continue reading

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26 November 2015 – News From The People’s Assembly

Protest: Welfare not Warfare, Don’t Bomb Syria – Sat 28 November The government tells us there’s no money for our welfare state, education and public services but billions can always be found for war. The proposed vote in Parliament on … Continue reading

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‘They’ve no idea what they’re doing’ John Cleese vows to NEVER work for the BBC again

“John added: “I went to see Peter Fincham – head of ITV – three years ago. You could not imagine the abyss between our minds. Everything I was interested in, his eyes just glazed over. Every time Fincham suggested something, … Continue reading

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Jeremy *unt Does U-Turn On JDs’ strike and agrees to talks with ACAS

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/622062/Jeremy-Hunt-Uturn-junior-doctors-strikeagrees-talks-ACAS GW:  Hard to not burst out laughing but better examine the ‘fine print’ first.  Might venture a “Hee Haw” with regards to the Tweet about Hunt looking like a ‘Nodding Donkey’ in HofC Wednesday.

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Autumn Statement 2015 at a glance: Everything you need to know from George Osborne’s spending review

Parliament TV – Wednesday 25 November 2015 Autumn Statement http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/c47fe975-f209-4191-a707-523a1539f13b?in=12:33:34 Queen’ll get a massive 7% pay rise despite cuts of billions in public money Jeremy Hunt put in a noticeable performance as a ‘nodding donkey’. ‘Nodding Donkey’ at 13:02.  Hiding … Continue reading

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