2 thoughts on “Claire Wright’s report on the Devon NHS debate in Parliament”
Pity that Ben Bradshaw could not be there – his voice would have been that of the only non-Conservative MP, and it would have been interesting to see whether his views about the causes of this crisis are any different to those of the Conservative MPs.
As for our Hugo – it appears that his return to the back benches has not reduced his brown-nosing attitude – presumably hoping for a return to the front benches at some point in the near future. Though, to give him his due, he did seem to have at least listened to what the passionate campaigners on the ground in his constituency have been yelling about even if he was not able to show that same passion, articulate the issue in his own words or stand-up on behalf of his constituents and demand a better and fairer deal.
With many friends, in recent years, I have been trying to save the Ottery Hospital and Library. Now, following the latest Swire contribution to the debate on hospitals, it seems to me that I must now seek time and energy to fight a new campaign. Our current MP’s stance on the NHS is undermining the concept of satire. I have written three satirical novels about how we live today and this man, with his bizarre burbling, is making it very difficult to write satire. In a word, he has monopolised it, doubtless prior to all satire being privatised. If we can have aircraft carriers without planes, of course we can have hospitals without beds. Soon we shall have bus routes without buses but as the stops will remain, obviously any criticism of a lack of service is unjustified and merely shows that the critic is ill-informed. Who will join me in the new fight, Save Our Satire?
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Pity that Ben Bradshaw could not be there – his voice would have been that of the only non-Conservative MP, and it would have been interesting to see whether his views about the causes of this crisis are any different to those of the Conservative MPs.
As for our Hugo – it appears that his return to the back benches has not reduced his brown-nosing attitude – presumably hoping for a return to the front benches at some point in the near future. Though, to give him his due, he did seem to have at least listened to what the passionate campaigners on the ground in his constituency have been yelling about even if he was not able to show that same passion, articulate the issue in his own words or stand-up on behalf of his constituents and demand a better and fairer deal.
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With many friends, in recent years, I have been trying to save the Ottery Hospital and Library. Now, following the latest Swire contribution to the debate on hospitals, it seems to me that I must now seek time and energy to fight a new campaign. Our current MP’s stance on the NHS is undermining the concept of satire. I have written three satirical novels about how we live today and this man, with his bizarre burbling, is making it very difficult to write satire. In a word, he has monopolised it, doubtless prior to all satire being privatised. If we can have aircraft carriers without planes, of course we can have hospitals without beds. Soon we shall have bus routes without buses but as the stops will remain, obviously any criticism of a lack of service is unjustified and merely shows that the critic is ill-informed. Who will join me in the new fight, Save Our Satire?
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