According to Lib Dems: closing hospitals is ‘giving local people more say’!
(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) According to the Liberal Democrats – allowing hospitals to be closed without public …
Tag Archives: health
Scandal of Lib Dem payments to agree break-up and sell-off of NHS
(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) A couple of weeks ago it was reported that top Liberal Democrat Party …
Coalition government announces plans to slash pregnancy from 9 months to 4
(satire?) The Department for Work and Pensions has announced it is to cut the period of time women spend on …
Government sells entire NHS patient data to firm headed by disgraced banker
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) I’m not sure what would normally constitute a political scandal of massive proportions …
Insurers already refusing to insure homes in areas designated for fracking
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) The coalition government has decided that more than half of Britain and two-thirds …
Council privatises children’s playground and charges £20 for children to play
(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Some Tory councils are now charging children to play. Conservative-controlled Wandsworth council bulldozed a …
Bayer CEO admits cancer drug is not for poor but only for rich “western patients”
(not satire) Not quite sure how I missed this one. Last December, Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers admitted a cancer drug it …
Man loses benefits because he had heart attack during work capability assessment
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) A man with heart problems who couldn’t complete a work capability assessment because …
Irrefutable statistical proof that bovine TB is caused by UKIP support and not badgers
(satire?) Here is a graph showing general election voting intention for UKIP compared with the actual number of cattle in …
Doctors – watching too much poverty porn can make you blind
(satire?) According to new research, medical experts are warning that watching too much poverty pornography such as Channel 4′s Benefits …
DWP blames cancer patient for her illness
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) This letter from the Department for Work and Pensions was posted by Chris …
Mother’s plea for son who lost benefits after missing signing on because of cancer op
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) A letter from a desperate mother: Trish Lewis Walton My son was diagnosed …
Coalition cuts NHS by £20bn – but subsidises banks with £37.7bn every year
(not satire unfortunately – it’s the UK today!) The government bangs on all the time about the need for fiscal …
Iain Duncan Smith to undergo surgery after tests reveal severe shrinkage of the heart
(satire?) The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that Iain Duncan Smith is to undergo aortic valve enlargement surgery after …
Boris Johnson to close 3 fire stations that sent engines to the Apollo Theatre
(not satire – it’s Boris Johnson!) The High Court today has ruled that London Mayor Boris Johnson can go ahead …
Huffington Post claims autistic children just need to ‘learn patience’
(not satire – it’s Simon Stevens!) Simon Stevens is the Uncle Tom of disability activism. I’ve written about him before: …
P&O Ferries value their shop goods over the lives of their passengers?
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Six months ago, Richard Fearnside was travelling home from holiday on a night …
The single killer question from ATOS that drove a woman to suicide
(not satire – it’s ATOS) I might have to stop writing satire. It seems I might be giving the wrong …
David Cameron launches inquiry into abuse of pure ‘methodism’ by top bankers
(satire?) The Prime Minister David Cameron has announced he is to launch an inquiry into the growing scandal of addiction and use …
Cycling deaths in London – Boris to make an exception of himself?
(not satire – it’s Boris Johnson!) As part of his continuing efforts to blame cyclists for the recent spate of deaths …
Drug addict ‘seeking help’ after admitting being a banker
(satire?) A hard-core drug addict has apologised for his “stupid and wrong” behaviour and said he is seeking professional help after …
Boris Johnson to paint his arse blue in effort to reduce cycling deaths
(satire?) London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced he is to paint his arse blue in an effort to reduce the …
Chancellor announces extra cold weather payments for MPs’ horses at risk of cold
(satire?) The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne this week set out an increased range of financial support and help …
Let’s be clear – Tory and Lib Dem MPs have decided terminally ill patients should work or starve
(not satire – it’s ConDemNation today) Back in 2011, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs joined together to reject an amendment …
Between 1998-2011 child poverty plummeted. Under Clegg and Cameron it’s soaring.
(not satire – it’s the UK today) Suffer little children, suffer. According to figures released by the Child Poverty Action …
This is one case heterosexual guys’ voices need to be heard. And lesbians too.
Before we start I have to make a declaration of interest here: I’m a heterosexual man. This is relevant because …
Here’s the real reason the CEO of Energy UK can lie so easily about price rises:
(not satire – it’s the UK energy companies!) The CEO of Energy UK Angela Knight is in the news today …
No. 10 issues its own Amber Weather Warning:
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Michael Gove adviser calls critic ‘mental’ on Twitter
(not satire – it’s Michael Gove!) A Twitter account used by Education Secretary Michael Gove’s advisers is in trouble again …
Over half a million pensioners dead and the Tories have gone from long johns to jumpers
(no, not satire – it’s the Tories!) In about 1987, Tory health minister Edwina Currie ‘advised’ elderly people who couldn’t …
