TTIP and NHS

'a facist party led by a reactionary racist'?

Charming!

I've had one reply to date and that was from one of the UKIP MEPs. He didn't tell me how he intended to vote on Monday but told me that UKIP is opposed to TTIP so I assume he will vote against the amendment.

He then asked me to vote against staying in Europe in the upcoming referendum.

Hmm will voting against TTIP encourage me to vote for a facist party led by a reactionary racist????? Not bloody likely!!!!

I do get emails from the local labour MEPs, vampire, but the UKIP one has yet to respond to anything I've sent. It does seem a bit weird, having a UKIP MEP. Is that an oxymoron?

I have sent emails to all six MEPs who represent this region. Two Conservatives, two Labour and two UKIP. Will be interesting to see who responds and how.

"Urgent: on Monday, MEPs will vote to change parts of the shady US/EU trade deal, TTIP. Almost unnoticed, a group of right-wingers from across Europe have put in an innocuous-looking amendment that would radically weaken any protections for our NHS. If this passes, private companies could argue that parts of our NHS are no longer publicly funded services. This means that private companies could run them forever. Don’t let them get away with it!

Can you write to your MEPs now and ask them to vote against this amendment.

Writing to our MEPs could make a big difference. None of them are part of the group that put this amendment forward, so they won't be under much pressure from their party. And most of them won’t be used to this level of attention from their constituents. So just imagine how it’ll feel to get suddenly flooded with emails! And this time, they can do what the public want, without upsetting their boss."

Copied from the email received.