tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post3328116577470367566..comments2023-09-24T08:19:10.493-07:00Comments on Social Investigations: NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and vested interests.Social investigation teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-4519836287089424752014-03-31T03:07:31.556-07:002014-03-31T03:07:31.556-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-77316290852527774502014-01-27T03:05:32.264-08:002014-01-27T03:05:32.264-08:00“It cost friends of government just £8.3 billion t...“It cost friends of government just £8.3 billion to get £53 billion in PFI returns”<br /><br />http://www.maxkeiser.com/2014/01/it-cost-friends-of-government-just-8-5-billion-to-get-53-billion-in-pfi-returns/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-83413576069891291012013-12-16T10:05:53.304-08:002013-12-16T10:05:53.304-08:00Rotten through to the core.Rotten through to the core.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-15942515363213851632013-07-12T06:50:24.206-07:002013-07-12T06:50:24.206-07:00We will never have a 'proper general election...We will never have a 'proper general election' until Power is devolved to the grass roots. This was discussed in great detail in The Power Inquiry 2006, which showed that the grass roots had a very good idea on why we need to devolve power, on how to devolve power...<br /><br />Google it. The media more or less masked it. More folk need to know and understand that the grass roots has already outlined practical and morally acceptable steps to bring Power back to the people.Corneiliushttp://www.dwylcorneilius.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-50300408792428793042013-06-09T00:41:46.295-07:002013-06-09T00:41:46.295-07:00If this list was regarding links to the arms indus...If this list was regarding links to the arms industry, we'd be here forever.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007311460847692928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-74032065039952991912013-06-03T06:35:44.149-07:002013-06-03T06:35:44.149-07:00It is an interesting point and what that is in nee...It is an interesting point and what that is in need of a debate. Why should a politician be listed here because of a past job? the answer to that is at least in the case of Margot James, they still feel aligned to their past employment - http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/i-keep-saying-we-but-im-not-really-part.html - as you will read she still feels a part of it, offers advice to her former colleagues. <br /><br />Owen Smith was a lobbyist and it is not beyond imagination that if he was to not be a MP that he may well return to his former role. It happens all the time. Did he keep his contacts there, do they maintain contact? This I do not know, but it is important that his former work be highlighted as a recent past in companies involved in healthcare. <br /><br /> Social investigation teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-38330547331713584912013-06-03T06:10:26.359-07:002013-06-03T06:10:26.359-07:00I am glad you've compiled this list. However, ...I am glad you've compiled this list. However, the inclusion of Owen Smith MP does not appear to reflect his actions. Automatically associating him with his previous employers seems unfair. He had a job before entering Parliament - we may not think his employers ethical or like them - but people have to work. It's about what MPs do in Parliament, not who they once worked for.Carl Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-34428308806108344772013-05-05T02:52:10.579-07:002013-05-05T02:52:10.579-07:00Thanks - I have now moved him...Thanks - I have now moved him...Social investigation teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-69999580182846954032013-05-05T02:35:30.159-07:002013-05-05T02:35:30.159-07:00Depressing but important stuff.
btw, you should ...Depressing but important stuff. <br /><br />btw, you should now move David Miliband into the "retired MPs" section.Philip Cartwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458571502536123264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-83997703485543309132013-04-07T10:42:06.471-07:002013-04-07T10:42:06.471-07:00MPs are a law to themselves and should be barred f...MPs are a law to themselves and should be barred from gaining from companies they have privatised ie Patricia Hewitt about £150000 from companies she arranged contracts for how truly pathetic,why can't they concentrate on the job we elect them to do,and some of this pathetic lot cannot resist their ample snouts in the pig trough,have a laugh and watch these morons on PMs question time jumping up and down as though their back sides are on fore.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044240203635836530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-11546629286937182142013-04-07T10:29:12.019-07:002013-04-07T10:29:12.019-07:00We elect MPs to represent our views in Parliament ...We elect MPs to represent our views in Parliament and not to privatise our I repeat our NHS it really is disgusting to privatise OUR NHS as usual snouts in the trough the lot should be booted out they make me sick all they really care about is trying to fill their seemingly bottomless pockets and handbags with Directorships ,I will vote for UKIP and if we do not have a candidate I will not vote! Camerons cast iron guarantees are very very rusty both him and U-TURN Clegg have no shame ,when they renege on their manifesto we should have the opportunity to boot them out as they have gained office on the back of a pack of lies.Pass the sick bag.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044240203635836530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-50405080040572587452013-03-05T09:32:00.252-08:002013-03-05T09:32:00.252-08:00We vote for politicians to do a job for the people...We vote for politicians to do a job for the people and country, these people are lining their own pockets at OUR expense. Politicians should have experience of work in the field, especially, in the case of ministers, their given portfolio. Why do we end up with Osborne, who knows nothing of economics, as chancellor? These people should also, BY LAW, not be allowed to vote on legislation they have a vested interest in! All they are doing is using public funds, to manipulate situations to their/agents advantage. SURELY THIS IS ILLEGAL? Or does wording it politely legalise it?Bill Rollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361892521504279929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-87881180601493785702013-01-02T02:27:01.037-08:002013-01-02T02:27:01.037-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409384083635011111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-1296354427538190762012-12-27T20:31:17.173-08:002012-12-27T20:31:17.173-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089157643667490921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-6775322923267726452012-12-08T06:05:18.380-08:002012-12-08T06:05:18.380-08:00"Although the Government has consistently arg..."Although the Government has consistently argued the recent controversial NHS Act is not about the privatisation of the NHS, some Conservative county MPs continue to advocate unnecessary tendering to the private sector. It is also noteworthy that local MPs Mark Harper and Richard Graham have received donations from backers of Circle Health, a fast growing private healthcare company."<br /><br />http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Big-Issue-Stroud-Cuts-keeping-NHS-private-hands/story-16117726-detail/story.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-73710987039380838172012-11-25T02:23:39.800-08:002012-11-25T02:23:39.800-08:00There is much talk in north Norfolk where the sitt...There is much talk in north Norfolk where the sitting Lib Dem M.P. Norman Lamb has taken a ministerial post in the Ministry of Health and the best analysis of his Healthcare attitude differences from ordinary m.p. lifted to ministerial mouthpiece are available locally in North Norfolk, but strangely seemingly not outside those parts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-71724661277181071302012-11-18T17:25:10.990-08:002012-11-18T17:25:10.990-08:00This is so true. There is literally a whole mini-...This is so true. There is literally a whole mini-industry in the States built around assisting Americans in the area of "medical tourism", where people are travelling outside the US for medical procedures they cannot afford in their own country.alternative investmentshttp://www.greenworldbvi.com/alternative-investments-options/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-84171164180242933672012-11-12T02:10:59.504-08:002012-11-12T02:10:59.504-08:00I have rarely used the NHS, having been lucky to h...I have rarely used the NHS, having been lucky to have good health all my life and suffered no major accidents [or assaults], but I have been happy to pay my bit not just for the time when I may need it but for those less fortunate who often need it all their lives, like a young neighbour who's suffered terrible problems and whose life has depended on the NHS. You sound like a selfish, greedy person who has never considered others, it's just what YOU want that matters right? I agree with the other poster, you're warped, with selfishness and a lack of care for others. You don't really belong in society do you, you'd be better off somewhere in the back of beyond; supporting yourself, relying on number one and no others, thinking of number one and no others, contentedly alone. I expect if you do ever get to need health services you will insist on going private and paying, and you won't have to wait as long either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-51995190227310441742012-09-19T05:22:25.509-07:002012-09-19T05:22:25.509-07:00The Tories were not elected - there was no mention...The Tories were not elected - there was no mention of these vast sweeping and expensive reforms in their manifesto, which will cost in Human and monetary terms to implement. People who make decisions to open up floodgates for private sector exploitation should be vetted for vested interest - if found, they should be prosecuted for fraud. They are elected to represent and act on the will of the people.These lobbying MPs and groups remind me of the moneylenders in the temple, who were driven out by Jesus. I question a billionaire, out of touch with ordinary life, wanting £60,000 a year for anything other than furthering his own aims, and those of his peers. Having these spivs and privateers oversee a precious national resource is akin to appointing the foxes to look after the Chicken coop.Atlanteannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-54876663866926659352012-06-27T02:47:50.710-07:002012-06-27T02:47:50.710-07:00If tax funding people's health is a waste of m...If tax funding people's health is a waste of money, then your view on the world is a little warped. You might as well volunteer for the IEA. Meanwhile this list that represents institutional corruption doesn't seem to bother you one bit. Of course, like all detractors of the NHS, he offers no evidence to suggest doing away with the NHS would be better for the overall population, and society.Social investigation teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-9688245831788918502012-06-27T02:46:52.220-07:002012-06-27T02:46:52.220-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Social investigation teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391387180236318901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-45106547135981967032012-06-27T01:41:20.516-07:002012-06-27T01:41:20.516-07:00The sooner the NHS is either privatized or disband...The sooner the NHS is either privatized or disbanded the better. Biggest waste of tax payers money out there.<br /><br />I want to see a system where to see your doctor you would pay a minimal fee, say a few pounds. That would keep the persistent non-ill people from clogging up the system.<br />Then I would have a review system fed by patients for every doctor. More than x number of serious complaints and they are investigated and struck off.<br /><br />Doctors pay should be related to how good they are.<br /><br />The only part of the NHS I would keep as it is is A and E. With the exception I would channel some of the funds saved from axing other departments into it so we didnt have to wait so long.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580603731959927507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-91996232824074375622012-05-14T09:33:13.113-07:002012-05-14T09:33:13.113-07:00Oh Dear!! (Adam Curtis 2011)Oh Dear!! (Adam Curtis 2011)KQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04432575039339616208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-18829077965289218592012-04-23T04:00:47.305-07:002012-04-23T04:00:47.305-07:00We know, that's why we keep fighting every ste...We know, that's why we keep fighting every step of the way, we - that is - who value the NHS for its universal access. Please watch 'Sicko' (Michael Moore): it says it all, so eloquently.<br />In particular it talks to American ex-pats living in Europe : why they value how their taxes are spent (on national health and child nurseries etc.)NoCompromise59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16945510175327348108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414886168706105223.post-1234542211266176422012-04-23T02:45:40.142-07:002012-04-23T02:45:40.142-07:00I FOR ONE WOULD ABSOLUTELY WELCOME POLITICIANS WHO...I FOR ONE WOULD ABSOLUTELY WELCOME POLITICIANS WHO, ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED, DID NOTHING BUT POLITICS, UNDERSTOOD AS SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY AND CONSTITUENTS. THE ISSUE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EXPERIENCE, AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH VESTED INTERESTS.NoCompromise59https://www.blogger.com/profile/16945510175327348108noreply@blogger.com