tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post2422168522689698887..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Idiocy of Jeremy HuntPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-86513613364067074802016-02-12T19:47:26.323+00:002016-02-12T19:47:26.323+00:00I would disagree that there isn't a wedge to b...I would disagree that there isn't a wedge to be driven between the junior doctors and the BMA. Looking at the JD contract forum page on facebook will reveal heaps of suspicion of the BMA. Junior Docs are constantly worried the BMA will sell us out in negotiation. There are howls of "betrayal" every time the BMA compromises even slightly. The grassroots are far far angrier than the BMA and far less willing to trust the negotiations in good faith. This makes JH's comments regarding BMA militancy all the more laughable. The BMA are the moderates!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-59442077954102086742016-02-12T09:15:01.153+00:002016-02-12T09:15:01.153+00:00Excellent post, good points. That sliver of a Tory...Excellent post, good points. That sliver of a Tory majority is steadily leading to an over-arrogant attitude by them and this promises hope for the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-43443662697823095352016-02-12T08:33:06.358+00:002016-02-12T08:33:06.358+00:00"what the NHS represents is a market guarante..."what the NHS represents is a market guaranteed by the taxpayer for pharmaceutical and other private health interests. Quite apart from the Tories who stand to gain personally from further private involvement, and companies with financial links to the party bidding for and running NHS services, in an economic environment that - despite hype about the "jobs miracle" and other nonsense - is weak and uncertain, the NHS offers business a profitable opportunity when they're thin on the ground. And to make it more attractive, the Tories have resolved to intensify the working week and reduce the wage bill so private contractors can swoop in and make a fast buck."<br /><br />Well put.Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-78586579385794022772016-02-12T08:26:39.770+00:002016-02-12T08:26:39.770+00:00I think you need to look at what lays behind it - ...I think you need to look at what lays behind it - a view that the NHS is inherently wrong and the desire to destroy it. <br /><br />All of the NHS "reforms" have been designed with this long-term intention - to basically rev up the NHS engine to breaking point. They cannot be seen to destroying it - but they can facilitate its destruction by making it unworkable.<br /><br />Hiving off the profitable parts to the private sector, contracts, etc, are all about making the NHS less attractive, work less well, until, over time, people feel obliged to take private insurance, etc, etc. <br /><br />The public need a demonstration that the NHS does not work that cannot be "blamed" on the government: this, in a nutshell, is at the heart of Tory thinking.<br /><br />Underlying this is the assumption that private is right, and public wrong. <br /><br />This is why an effective opposition is necessary - yes, I know Labour created the conditions for destruction. but this was out of naivety, as so much of their policy was. The Tories are anything but naive.<br /><br />Speedynoreply@blogger.com