Streeting celebrated the split in the Conservative Party on the smoking ban, and Labour’s “dominance in the battle of ideas”.
But to solve to solve the A&E crisis, modernisation will not be enough: we also need to return to the tradition of keeping spare beds
There is no easy way out of the toxic combination of already-high taxes, corrosive inflation, low productivity, and a Health Service funded exclusively by the taxpayer.
There is no prospect of former PM Tony Blair ‘doing a Cameron’ and returning to the front bench, according to Wes Streeting.
The difficulty is that if Party unity is made the great imperative above everything else then the Government loses any sense of direction. The status quo is continued by default.
Let the protesters gather in one place, have their event, and disperse. No march. I’m reluctant to believe that the Met can’t police a rally properly if it puts its mind to it.
The Labour leader refused to be put off by a protester, and went on to give a masterclass in the higher priggery.
Like it or not, in many areas, we need a radical Labour government – or at least one willing to take the tough decisions the Conservatives have ducked.
Starmer has “dragged Labour back to the mainstream”, and “is building a level of public support on a scale it hasn’t seen since it was last heading towards government”, he says
Bevan’s cry that the Tories want to demolish the NHS was not heard on Friday when new private diagnostic centres were announced.
The sad reality is that the NHS is marking its 75th anniversary with record levels of funding, record waiting lists, and record dissatisfaction.
The Shadow Health Secretary takes refuge in claiming he’s not read details of complaints about the Labour’s leader’s record when Director of Public Prosecutions.
“I’m really worried about it, particularly the decicison they appear to have taken to remove derogations – the exemptions they’ve put in place previously around emergency care, cancer care.”
We need to look at improving efficiency, and new ways of doing things. Many who work in the NHS are frustrated with the waste of both time and money, resulting from inefficient practices and poor management.
A plurality of party members express support for a system under which employers and employees fund most healthcare, rather than having it provided by the state free at the point of use.