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LAB continues to have double digit lead on the NHS but the gap is narrowing

LAB continues to have double digit lead on the NHS but the gap is narrowing

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Will TMay’s latest move make it even better for her? A few weeks ago at PMQs Jeremy Corbyn reminded the PM that in the 1947/48 period when the NHS legislation was going through parliament it had been opposed by the Tories. That such a line can still resonate 70 years on is really quite remarkable and highlights the ongoing vulnerability that the Conservatives have on the National Health Service. The National Health Service has always been a LAB issue and…

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New ComRes poll for the Daily Mirror shows 82% of voters, across all the main parties, would support a 1p rise in National Insurance contributions to fund NHS

New ComRes poll for the Daily Mirror shows 82% of voters, across all the main parties, would support a 1p rise in National Insurance contributions to fund NHS

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New @ComRes poll for the @DailyMirror on the NHS is very interesting. 81% of Conservative voters and 86% of Labour voters in support a 1% increase in National Insurance contributions to fund the NHS. pic.twitter.com/Zr2wIabzjL — TSE (@TSEofPB) June 5, 2018 There’s a new ComRes poll out for The Daily Mirror on the NHS which shows really strong support for a 1p increase in National Insurance contributions to fund the NHS. The findings seems to reaffirm Lord Lawson’s view that “the…

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What makes people proud to be British by party and Brexit choice

What makes people proud to be British by party and Brexit choice

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Why the NHS is so politically sensitive The above YouGov polling sets out clearly how important the NHS and the memory of what Britain did during the war are central to national identity. The party splits are not that large and underpin the approach of all parties with the exception of UKIP whose former leader, Mr Farage, made controversial comments about the NHS a few days ago that were picked up and Tweeted up by Trump. Smart politicians shouldn’t attack…

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The Tories need to move the agenda off the NHS if they’re to have any chance

The Tories need to move the agenda off the NHS if they’re to have any chance

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I had sort of stopped watching PMQs every week because it is just less interesting and less important. Corbyn is getting a bit better but both he and TMay are pedestrian compared with others that we’ve seen over the years. My reduced interest is reflected in the fact that the Commons appears less full for the event compared with previous times. Today, I did watch, and inevitably the Labour leader focused on the NHS and the Conservative leader used the…

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New GE2017 study suggests that CON>LAB swing was larger in marginals facing NHS charges and A&E closures

New GE2017 study suggests that CON>LAB swing was larger in marginals facing NHS charges and A&E closures

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This sounds feasible. LAB did better in seat most threatened with NHS reform & A&E closures https://t.co/wKddsX78qb — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 23, 2017 How true is the assertion that the NHS cost TMay her majority? The I report notes that: “The new analysis, by the specialist health consultancy Incisive Health and seen by i, reveals that the average 2017 swing from Conservatives to Labour in 105 marginal seats facing local A&E changes was 3.2 per cent. In seats not…

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Take Care. The implications of the Conservative policy on social care

Take Care. The implications of the Conservative policy on social care

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Embed from Getty Images General elections aren’t usually about big ideas. They’re usually occasions for the parties to try to come up with visual representations of their opponents that sting, for frenetic arguments about trivial events and for their leaders to pose in unlikely photo-opportunities. Voters are expected to react, not to think. So Conservative supporters have reacted with trepidation to the focus on their plans for long term care. This was not an afterthought but a flagship policy, mentioned…

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In “normal times” concern about the NHS reaching a 15 year high would point to a big problem for ministers

In “normal times” concern about the NHS reaching a 15 year high would point to a big problem for ministers

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But LAB played the NHS card in Copeland and still lost For the third Friday in a row I’m off to hospital this morning after being one of those who’ve added to this winter’s unprecedented demand on the NHS. At the start of February after a heavy cold I woke one morning to discover both my ears had been bleeding and I’d lost 80-90% of my hearing. This was profoundly shocking, isolating and very worrying. I realised I needed the…

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Betting on whether or not Jeremy Hunt will be Health Secretary on the 1st of January 2018

Betting on whether or not Jeremy Hunt will be Health Secretary on the 1st of January 2018

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But is there another Jeremy Hunt bet you should be making? William Hill have a market up whether Jeremy Hunt will be Health Secretary on the 1st of January 2018. I think taking the 2/5 on him being Health Secretary on the 1st of January 2018 is the best option. Here’s why you’ll be getting a 40% return in less than ten months. One of the things to take from the Copeland by-election is that Labour’s attempts to use the…

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