Category Archives: NHS
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
It’s so late there’s no-one awake on Twitter; but I don’t want to go to bed yet, because I’ve just watched Labour’s latest party election broadcast, and I don’t want nightmares. The film has attracted some criticism, even from within
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
It’s so late there’s no-one awake on Twitter; but I don’t want to go to bed yet, because I’ve just watched Labour’s latest party election broadcast, and I don’t want nightmares. The film has attracted some criticism, even from within
Tories: We’re the progressive party…well, not him. Or him. Or him.
Lots of noise yesterday about George Osbourne’s claim that the Tories are carrying the ‘torch of progressive politics‘. I’ve actually never been a big fan of the word ‘progressive’. I think it tends to be used in the Labour Party
Tories: We’re the progressive party…well, not him. Or him. Or him.
Lots of noise yesterday about George Osbourne’s claim that the Tories are carrying the ‘torch of progressive politics‘. I’ve actually never been a big fan of the word ‘progressive’. I think it tends to be used in the Labour Party
The day Twitter went Bevanite
Inspired by the lies Dan Hannan has been telling the US media about our wonderful health service (and don’t forget that Cameron has still not condemned Hannan’s comments), the American right has started laying into it even more. The Brits
The day Twitter went Bevanite
Inspired by the lies Dan Hannan has been telling the US media about our wonderful health service (and don’t forget that Cameron has still not condemned Hannan’s comments), the American right has started laying into it even more. The Brits
The hive-mind takes on Hannan
If you’re reading this, you probably read last night’s post on Dan Hannan’s contempt for the NHS. But it wasn’t just me: some of the finest minds on the internet were having a crack at Hannan and his Tory cronies
The hive-mind takes on Hannan
If you’re reading this, you probably read last night’s post on Dan Hannan’s contempt for the NHS. But it wasn’t just me: some of the finest minds on the internet were having a crack at Hannan and his Tory cronies
Our doctors and nurses: an electoral bloc, says Hannan
Dan Hannan’s still off on his badmouthing-the-NHS-around-the-world tour, this time telling the Army & Navy Club in Washington that free healthcare (like what we’ve got) represents a ‘huge power grab by the state machine’. Someone give the boy a biscuit.
Our doctors and nurses: an electoral bloc, says Hannan
Dan Hannan’s still off on his badmouthing-the-NHS-around-the-world tour, this time telling the Army & Navy Club in Washington that free healthcare (like what we’ve got) represents a ‘huge power grab by the state machine’. Someone give the boy a biscuit.
Swine flu and stilettoes
That mammoth, catch-up blog post I’ve been promising you all is underway, but has been somewhat delayed by the fact that – as you’ll know if you follow my bleeding heart Tweets – I’ve spent the last week in quarantine
Swine flu and stilettoes
That mammoth, catch-up blog post I’ve been promising you all is underway, but has been somewhat delayed by the fact that – as you’ll know if you follow my bleeding heart Tweets – I’ve spent the last week in quarantine
Alastair Campbell – New Statesman Guest Editor
Alastair Campbell (yeah, him again) will be editing the New Statesman the week after next. As part of the issue, he will be giving a page over to readers’ suggestions on how to end the sentence “If I had one
Alastair Campbell – New Statesman Guest Editor
Alastair Campbell (yeah, him again) will be editing the New Statesman the week after next. As part of the issue, he will be giving a page over to readers’ suggestions on how to end the sentence “If I had one
Tuesday = telly
There’s an interesting contrast on TV at the moment in terms of guilting-the-public-into-feeding-their-kids-better adverts. The Department of Health/NHS Choices’ friendly, cuddly, no-long-words Change4Life advert launched just after New Year – I’m a big fan of its non-specific exhortation to ‘Move
Tuesday = telly
There’s an interesting contrast on TV at the moment in terms of guilting-the-public-into-feeding-their-kids-better adverts. The Department of Health/NHS Choices’ friendly, cuddly, no-long-words Change4Life advert launched just after New Year – I’m a big fan of its non-specific exhortation to ‘Move
How many gay Tories does it take to change a party?
If you’ve read this blog before you might already know the one about the Tories being given discounted lapdances while at their conference in Birmingham. The Sun, spotting an unmissable evidence-gathering opportunity for their mission to demonstrate that women are
How many gay Tories does it take to change a party?
If you’ve read this blog before you might already know the one about the Tories being given discounted lapdances while at their conference in Birmingham. The Sun, spotting an unmissable evidence-gathering opportunity for their mission to demonstrate that women are
