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oh dear the cons have morals of a alleycat
So much for Conservative morals.
They will sell anything to anybody – including weapons to countries that attack human rights, like Venezuela’s current leadership – or that of Saudi Arabia.
And yet they criticise Jeremy Corbyn for providing only verbal support to Venezuela.
And let’s get something clear: Mr Corbyn’s enthusiasm related to the leadership of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who tripled his nation’s wealth during his first 12 years in government.
Can you imagine that in the UK?
On his death in 2013, This Writer stated: “He has cut extreme poverty by two-thirds, and general poverty by almost half.
“He has cut infant mortality and improved equality; and he has cut unemployment by almost half, to 8.2 per cent (strikingly close to the UK level).
“He has improved his nations infrastructure and public services.
“And he has proved that left-wing policies can improve prosperity and increase economic growth.
“That’s why the right-wing press hate him. He shows there is a better alternative to the nightmare we are living through.”
Sadly, Mr Chavez was replaced by people who did not share his vision, hence the situation in that country today. Mr Corbyn has condemned it, but that isn’t good enough for the Tory hypocrites who have exacerbated the situation by sending weapons there.
It is always worth checking the facts.
Despite what the right-wing, mainstream media are saying, it is Theresa May and her Tories who are to be condemned over Venezuela. Now you know.
Britain has sold military equipment worth millions of pounds to Venezuela in the last decade, it has emerged, prompting calls for Theresa May to suspend controlled export licences while the country in is the grip of violent clashes between police and protesters.
Government figures show military equipment was approved for sale from UK-based companies to Venezuela’s armed forces as recently as September last year, despite the Foreign Office listing the country as “of concern” regarding human rights.
Overall, £2.5m of military goods have been sold to the country since 2008, including components for military radar, weapon sights and military aircraft engines. In the last year of figures, to March 2016, licences for goods worth more than £80,000 were approved, including equipment for crowd control to be used by law enforcement agencies.
The revelations will prompt questions about why the government continues to allow arms sales to countries the Foreign Office lists as having a poor human rights record, from Venezuela to Saudi Arabia.
No 10 has repeatedly criticised Nicolás Maduro’s government for imprisoning opposition leaders. It described the death of at least 120 protesters as a tragedy, and called on the country to respect human rights and uphold the rule of law.
Some senior Conservatives have attacked the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, for condemning violence on all sides but stopping short of specifically criticising the Maduro government.
Posted by jeffrey davies on 13 August 2017
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jeffs posts
do not become ill the crises in England nhs
Jeremy Hunt is still the Health Secretary. Do not become ill.
This is not a failure by the NHS. It is a failure of the NHS, by the minority Conservative government.
The Tories have cut taxes for corporations, and they have cut taxes for the rich. They have cut services for the poor and they have sold off huge chunks of the English NHS to their rich corporate friends. And the national debt continues to rise out of control, because all the money is going into private bank accounts.
That is why new parents are being denied the health care they need: Greed.
Here’s Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth explaining the situation:
And here‘s Labour’s press release, covering it in more detail:
New research published today by the Labour Party shows that nearly half of England’s maternity units closed to new mothers at some point in 2016.
Data obtained by Labour under the Freedom of Information Act shows:
· 42 hospital trusts which responded to an FOI request say they temporarily closed maternity wards to new admissions at some point in 2016
· Some closures lasted more than 24 hours, while over ten trusts shut temporarily on more than ten separate occasions each
· In 2016 there were 382 occasions when units had to close their doors, a 70 per cent increase from 2014
· Hospitals report capacity and staffing issues as most common reason for closures
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Health, said:
“These findings show the devastating impact which Tory underfunding is having for mothers and children across the country. It is staggering that almost half of maternity units in England had to close to new mothers at some point in 2016. The uncertainty for so many women just when they need the NHS most is unthinkable.
“Under this Government, maternity units are understaffed and under pressure. It’s shameful that pregnant women are being turned away due to staff shortages, and shortages of beds and cots in maternity units.
“Families are being sorely let down by this Government’s failure to recognise the crisis facing our NHS. The Tories need to get a grip and take urgent action to make sure closures like this don’t continue to happen.”
Posted by jeffrey davies on 13 August 2017
