Government Watch - 2

Hunt said today that the "government was absolutely committed to increased funding in the NHS."

Another liar.

Hammond

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41608243

I don't know how he manages to keep a straight face.
What a liar....

Phillip Hammond has now referred to the EU as 'the enemy' and has had to issue an apology.

Yes the interview with the ex prisoner this morning said it all. Let them rot.
Anyone else noticed the government are trying to release a few announcements that make them a little less gruesome. Energy price cap for example. And a really feeble one about energy efficiency of housing. And a £25 bursary for GPs who are willing to train in areas where they can't get GPs. May has obviously told he cabinet to come up with a few bits of window dressing to make it look as if they care about ordinary people, the environment etc. Wonder what we'll get next week?
Here are some suggestions:
Environment: more beavers to be introduced in the West Country to discourage flooding
Health: An in-depth review of the effects of cutting the bursary for trainee nurses.
Education: a broad consultation on the impact of the new curriculum on working class white kids
Justice: bedtime cocoa for all prisoners
Work and Pensions: an impact study on the effects of Universal Credit on employment rates in deprived areas.

"Squalid, overcrowded and unsanitary."
Sounds pretty similar. Of course in Victorian times we used to transport prisoners when they go too crowded.

whitewave
Perhaps if our prisons really reminiscent of the Victorian era they wouldn't be so full.

Listening to the radio. Austerity has taken our prisons back to the Victorian era. We are rapidly becoming one of the less civilised countries.

Oh sorry Petra, that should have read the worse performing country in the EU. Not sure where you got the G7 are you sure you read it correctly? Easy to make a mistake isn’t it?

nhsfunding.info/

We also fund the health service less than many other EU countries.

Surely Hunt is still in position because he is busy privatising the N.H.S. and no doubt many of the Tories own the companies being awarded the contracts and raking in the money. Or am I just being cynical?

Forgot to add. Big big difference between the two.

Whitewave
The Guardian said it was the G7. So who do I believe, you or the Guardian, close call.

Since the Tories came to power press freedom has dropped 20 points. we are now at no 38 it has dropped Year on year.
At the end of the Labour Office it was in the teens.
MN

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GB has the lowest growth and highest inflation of any other country in g20

Stagflation

He has been talking this morning and stating the obvious. I cannot believe a government that has been in power for so long can get away with this. He has discovered that people now have complex needs and there is burnout among GPs.

jen; I think he still has a job because he keeps a low profile. The S.O. and I often turn to each other and say 'hmm, haven't seen/heard of Jeremy Hunt for days/weeks/months'.

I think it would be easier to work out when Hunt told the truth Jen. It would probably only take one hand to tick them off.

This is how they can give nurses a pay rise - get rid of lots of them in mental health and replace with volunteers. Doctor Fox says it's true.

tompride.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/tories-nhs-doctors-nurses-to-be-replaced-with-volunteers-with-just-15-each-for-training/

And Hunt told lies as well.

www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/jeremy-hunt-admits-making-false-claims-over-mental-health

Why is that man still in a job?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41559669

It's health questions on in parliament at the moment. There are about two dozen tory MPs in the house.
Just shows how important they think the NHS is.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-09/u-k-plans-for-no-deal-customs-regime-as-brexit-talks-resume

This says May's victory over hard-liners.
You don't claim victory if all you do is agree with them, do you?

I didn't watch all the question in the HoP yesterday Jen but three questions were asked about the legal advice while I was watching. The papers should be keeping the pressure on but will they.

whitewave - I think you could be right. I wonder who is left who is really supporting her not just using her to cover their backs.

Reading about Maybots little pep talk given in Parliament yesterday. She seems to have managed to antagonised everyone. Still at least she is balanced in her muddled thinking

Javid on Today, stating the bleeding obvious about race and equality and showing what a dearth if ideas there is in this appalling government

www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/07/theresa-may-secret-advice-brexit-eu

Time for May to be honest with the voters. It might even salvage a few brownie points for her, and she needs those.