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The neglected pensioner dialling 999 from his hospital bed in agony to get help is a symbol of how the Government is ruining our most precious public service.
Martin Wild received an official apology for his mistreatment in Salford Royal, but it lays bare the painful decline of an underfunded, short-staffed and unloved system.
If the Conservatives actually wanted to wreck the NHS, during their 14 years in charge they have gone the right way about it.
The lack of love as well as resources from successive Tory regimes has pushed the health service onto its knees.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt imposed the tightest financial straitjacket on it when he was the longest-serving Health Secretary.
Teachers, civil servants and train drivers walk out in biggest strike in decade
With tomorrow’s Budget expected to focus on tax bribes to save the Tories instead of crumbling public services Hunt either doesn’t care or is fixated on party political survival.
Trump chaos
Enemy of democracy Donald Trump is plotting to capture the White House and we should all be very afraid.
His first term unleashed chaos and another potential Trump presidency has Vladimir Putin, US violent racists and assorted crackpots licking their lips in anticipation.
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Joe Biden accepting a Supreme Court ruling his opponent was wrongly removed from Colorado’s primary ballot contrasts sharply with a tyrant who triggered a violent insurrection to cling to power on January 6, 2021. Despite losing fairly and squarely, Trump still refusing to accept the verified election result.
Biden’s memory lapses are a legitimate concern but Trump’s malevolence, mendacity and madness are truly terrifying.
Fern, but fair
TV presenter Fern Britton says that she will be kind as she entered the Celebrity Big Brother house last night.
Let’s see if she can keep her cool after spending a few days locked in with more egos than a showbiz awards night.