Time to elect the BBC Trust?
Our friends over at the openDemocracy ourBeeb project yesterday published an explosive report into the failure of the BBC to cover the Health and Social Care Bill. I say explosive…
Dick of the Year – Andrew Lansley
This is a nomination for Bright Green's Dick of the Year 2011 award. To submit your own nomination email around 200 words to editors (at) brightgreenscotland (dot) org by the…
Kill electoralism, not the NHS
So that's it then. It's all over (bar the committee and third reading). The lords didn't save the NHS. Despite all the petitions, all the tweets and hashtags, despite adopting…
Blocking the Bridge
In Spain they sit in public squares, ban alcohol, and have meetings which last for months. In America they assert their presence - repeating and repeating that "we are the…
Adrian Ramsay conference speech: “we are proud of the NHS”
This was the speech Green Party deputy leader Adrian Ramsay gave to the Green Party conference in Sheffield I'm delighted we're meeting here in Sheffield. Did you know that Green…
Some Utopian Thinking on Health (Part I)
The NHS is generally a pretty unifying issue. Such is the affection in which it is held, that the Tories realize that great stealth is needed in their assault upon…
UK Uncut – the support is growing, and diversifying
All across the country today, UK Uncutters took to the high street. This time, our target was banks. This time, we were shouting about the health service. This time, our…
For our grandparents, our children, and our friends
This post first appeared on the blog Why Trafalgar? The history of Britain is a history of struggle. The institutions which to us feel permenant are nothing of the sort.…
False Economy reveals 50,000 NHS job losses and a diverse movement
Anti-cuts campaign website False Economy has launched officially today with woth research revealing 50,000+ job losses in the National Health Service. The words "I'll cut the deficit, not the NHS"…
Keep the NHS Public
The coalition's Health and Social Care Bill faces it's second reading today in Parliament today and threatens to drastically reorganise health care in this country. The average person interacting with…