It's a good time to bury news....

[BobG]

You might, if you have 3 or 4 minutes free, care to read the shortish article at the end of this link.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/richard-grimes/government-moves-to-consider-nhs-user-charges

BobG

[albie]

Aye, I posted on another thread this was real agenda, behind all the media posturing on inclusiveness.

Another one that needs to be watched is this;
GovCoin chosen for welfare payments trial

The digital dominatrix will be wanting to know how the feckless poor are spending their resources, the better to offer "advice".

Wait until she gathers pace, new frontiers in the assault on the vulnerable to come.

[Sammy Chung was King]

That would be a real kick in the teeth, to people already low through not having a job, if the govcoin came in. The only way i could see it helping, is for people who are addicts, then it might protect they're health a bit.

[Donnywolf]

The more things change the more they stay the same. Thatcher's first Speech as PM

Her Majesty The Queen has asked me to form a new administration and I have accepted. It is, of course, the greatest honour that can come to any citizen in a democracy. (Cheering) I know full well the responsibilities that await me as I enter the door of No. 10 and I'll strive unceasingly to try to fulfil the trust and confidence that the British people have placed in me and the things in which I believe. And I would just like to remember some words of St. Francis of Assisi which I think are really just particularly apt at the moment. ‘Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope’ …   .[fo 1] …   . and to all the British people—howsoever they voted—may I say this. Now that the Election is over, may we get together and strive to serve and strengthen the country of which we're so proud to be a part. [Interruption "Prime Minister …   ."] And finally, one last thing: in the words of Airey Neave whom we had hoped to bring here with us, ‘There is now work to be done’.


Sounded just like something I heard yesterday !

[BobG]

If you've an interest in affairs outide the KM, you might like to have a glance at this too:

http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/07/14/everything-you-need-to-know-about-theresa-may-s-brexit

It's not so big. And it's scary as hell.

BobG

[The Red Baron]

The  "UK" approach suggests May is ready to play a long game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36800536

[bpoolrover]

You might, if you have 3 or 4 minutes free, care to read the shortish article at the end of this link.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/richard-grimes/government-moves-to-consider-nhs-user-charges

BobG

It's a year old thou Bob

[BobG]

I'm not sure that makes any difference BPool. You're implying people blow in the wind. I'm not convinced. Basic beliefs are set early and they don't change much usually.

BobG