Austerity Linked to 120,000 Deaths Since 2010

[MachoMadness]

An independent academic study has found austerity to be linked to 120,000 excess deaths since 2010. It's been a story in a few papers today, but to avoid spin, I'll just link to the study itself. It's well worth a read.
http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/11/e017722

The term "social cleansing" springs to mind.

[swifty50]

Not covered by the BBC, when does bias, become outright propaganda?

[SydneyRover]

Published in the British Medical Journal no less.

BMJ Open is a medical journal. We consider papers addressing research questions in clinical medicine, public health and epidemiology. We also welcome studies in health services research, health economics, surgery, qualitative research, research methods, medical education, medical publishing and any other field that directly addresses patient outcomes or the practice and delivery of healthcare.

[Glyn_Wigley]

Not covered by the BBC, when does bias, become outright propaganda?

Surely if the BBC was a nest of lefties as some on here would have you believe, they'd have been all over this like a rash?

[RedJ]

Published in the British Medical Journal no less.

BMJ Open is a medical journal. We consider papers addressing research questions in clinical medicine, public health and epidemiology. We also welcome studies in health services research, health economics, surgery, qualitative research, research methods, medical education, medical publishing and any other field that directly addresses patient outcomes or the practice and delivery of healthcare.

Aye but people are tired of hearing from experts...

[BillyStubbsTears]

I wonder what Gove does when his car breaks down? Or he gets toothache? Or he coughs up blood? Or he needs to knock a wall out at home and put in a supporting beam?

I assume he pulls his tooth out with pliers, rubs his chest with a herbal poultice, shouts at the floor above telling it to stand up and thrashes his car Fawlty-like until it starts working again.

He'd surely never go and get expert advice.

[hoolahoop]

I wonder what Gove does when his car breaks down? Or he gets toothache? Or he coughs up blood? Or he needs to knock a wall out at home and put in a supporting beam?

I assume he pulls his tooth out with pliers, rubs his chest with a herbal poultice, shouts at the floor above telling it to stand up and thrashes his car Fawlty-like until it starts working again.

He'd surely never go and get expert advice.

Haha great post , Grovel is a nasty little piece of work.

[Glyn_Wigley]

I wonder what Gove does when his car breaks down? Or he gets toothache? Or he coughs up blood? Or he needs to knock a wall out at home and put in a supporting beam?

I assume he pulls his tooth out with pliers, rubs his chest with a herbal poultice, shouts at the floor above telling it to stand up and thrashes his car Fawlty-like until it starts working again.

He'd surely never go and get expert advice.

Haha great post , Grovel is a nasty little piece of work.

The sooner he gets back to the Little Shop Of Horrors the better!

[MachoMadness]

He's angling for the chancellor's post though, so get ready for that f**king joyride.

[hoolahoop]

He's angling for the chancellor's post though, so get ready for that f**king joyride.

Surely life in the UK 's political nirvana can't get any better or could it with the the clown as PM