THE PROSPECTIVE parliamentary candidate for Thurrock, cllr John Kent (Lab) has poured scorn on a recent visit by Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt to Tilbury.
Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price brought Mr Hunt to Tilbury where, it appears, they discussed plans for a new health hub and then visited a local Indian restaurant.
John Kent said: “Two of the most important people as far as the NHS is concerned visit Thurrock and yet fail to mention Orsett Hospital and are obviously afraid of talking to local people.
“There are plenty of health issues in Thurrock, not least the very real lack of GPs, but there is currently one over-arching topic that needs publicity; the proposed closure of Orsett Hospital.
“Had Mr Hunt or Ms Doyle-Price taken time away from their luncheon date and spoken with local people, I have no doubt the Orsett Hospital’s future would have been the main subject of conversation.
“But they didn’t. Were they afraid of the reaction they would have received, or were they simply on a publicity junket, a photo-op for JDP showing her boss was supporting her.
“Visit any NHS building and mention the words ‘Jeremy Hunt’ and you will be in no doubt about the distain with which he is regarded. I would suggest to Jackie she would be better steering clear of Mr Hunt and actually talking with local people to find out what their concerns are.”
For the record: It appears only one newspaper was invited to event and granted an “exclusive” interview.
This Socialist wants to know when you will announce the privatisation of the NHS to United Health for a free trade deal with America First.
No room for socialism in UK today, it’s old hat of a have been Britain that you killed. Our beloved NHS is rubbish as not even our ‘angel’ nurses care anymore.
Don’t live in the past CTB and look at the facts facing us all.
The facts are that Wealth has ever increasingly been concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer people. they say they are capitalist but they are not or they would of took a hit in 2008.
it is socialism for the rich and austerity for the poor.
and you support this kind of system.. Shame.
Death to the profiteering system we now live under.
As for me I would support any system that gets rid of the current one. including scoobiedooism.
CTB Lets get this this Scoobiedooism underway, it can’t be any worse than what we have now..lol
Almost everyone has the same chances in life, just some take them and others don’t. What ever the system, the hands of the have not’s will always fall out of reach cause many of them just want handouts while the rest of us work hard.
Stop the parasitism I say!
We are not equal, if you are born to a rich person the odds are you have a different path to that of a council tenant.
If your name is MW and you are not well connected you get done for tax fiddle and made a bankruptee
meanwhile if you run Virgin you dodge corporation tax for 50 years (Bransons autoBiography).
One outcome for someone well connected and mega rich and another outcome for someone Common a former millionare .
If you went to Eton you had it better than Basildon. if you went to Grammer better than Willy Ed’s all decided at an early age..
I could go on. there is only one equal. we all die and cannot take anything with us.
We as humans(although that’s debatable people watching in Thurrock) will and never will be equal.
If you distributed all the wealth equally within a few weeks those that spent all theirs would make the others richer, that’s just simple economics.
If people have opportunities and take them good luck, it’s only those that don’t that whinge.
Thurrock has a number of millionaires, all self made cause they got off their backside and worked for it…pure and simple.
I am not on about, say a Doctor having equal pay as a roadsweeper. There is a big difference between a millionare and say Branson. and what people like him have done.
Yet you say good luck to him./
But I bet you have a Bank account, buy from a supermarket, buy from ebay, amazon etc.
Own a car, buy insurance….the list goes on.
All these are using tax avoidance schemes and why not.
TBC con us all the time, MP’s expenses.Its a look out for number 1 world and no doubt you do that too.