The NHS is in a mess. Doctors say it. The BMA says it. Journalists say it. And most importantly patients say it. The only people who don’t say it are the Tory government. During today’s PMQs Corbyn made another telling performance, attacking May on the health service, and the “post-truths” ...
In the wake of Brexit and a sweeping victory for the Republicans in America the Conservatives appear to be about to release one of the most centre-left Autumn Statements in recent history. Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to announce a ban on letting agent fees, which can cost renters hundreds ...
When the Barack Obama Hope poster was released by artist Shepard Fairey in 2008 the president elect became part of a select club of politicians who portrayed a message of such poignancy that he immediately became a national icon. Jim Fitzpatrick's Che Guevara poster preceded it and is perhaps the ...
What did Trump do right? That's the only question that matters for progressives and liberals now. Donald Trump doesn't care what any of his opponents think. He doesn't use sanitised politispeak to discuss simple issues that affect real people. If he thinks someone is an idiot or an idea is ...
By Phil Jones is Director of the Military Preparation Schools Child obesity levels have risen once again, according to National Child Measurement Programme figures published last week. The percentage of overweight 10- and 11- year olds in this country has increased by 0.7%, and while that’s a relatively small increase ...
Yesterday the Prime Minister’s bilateral trade talks with India made a mockery of post-Brexit immigration promises in one foul swoop after Narendra Modi made it clear that the relaxing of visa laws was a requisite of any trade deal. And if you think we can expect different treatment elsewhere, think ...
A staggering 16.1 million people have today visited their GP reporting strange and unusual symptoms similar to re-experiencing a traumatic event, the NHS has revealed. Dr Paul Sagar, a GP at a surgery in Clapton, Hackney told the London Economic “It’s chaos. I've had literally hundreds come to see me ...
When we went to the polls in June they didn't tell us about Marmite, did they? The NHS was high on the agenda, the eb and flow of people across borders was a particular focal issue and red tape in Brussels divided the nation, but it has been a sticky, brown ...
Migraine is a complex condition with a wide variety of symptoms. About one in seven people suffers from migraine and it is most prevalent among adults of working age. It is ranked globally as the seventh most disabling disease among all diseases, responsible for 2.9% of all years of life ...
“The long march to freedom” has begun, the only problem is the Prime Minster doesn’t know the way or if the Promised Land is a toxic landfill site, or a nirvana where unchained UK citizens are served by carefully selected foreign people. As you can imagine most of the new, ...
Labour has finally got its mojo back, well a tiny bit, and have asked the government 170 questions on Brexit, one for each day before Theresa May has declared she will invoke Article 50 and begin the withdrawal from the EU. Emily Thornberry, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Keir ...
Today a joint statement was released, signed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the Leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood, and Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, the co-leaders of the Green Party calling for progressive parties to work together to resist the ‘Tories' toxic politics’. Here is the statement in full: The ...
A young woman, only 18, was told she was not thin enough for help to cure her eating disorder. On hearing the news she couldn’t be helped her weight plummeted to a potentially lethal 5st 10lb, before she was able to get help. Lorna Beattie, was studying at St Andrew’s ...
A new study has found bacteria in children's lunchboxes could trigger health problem such as asthma and eczema. Seven in ten fabric lunchboxes tested at a school in Bath contained mould which could trigger health problems, and one in five was found to contain Staphylococci which can cause serious food poisoning ...
New research has reported that young women are the section of society at the most risk to mental health issues and the selfie culture is to blame. The NHS Digital statistics found that over a quarter of women aged between 16 to 24 show symptoms of suffering from mental health ...
The Government has dealt junior doctors a huge blow after they lost a high court battle over the new contract. Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary, has defeated a group, Justice for Health, - founded by Dr Nadia Masood, Dr Ben White, Dr Fran Silman, Dr Amar Mashru and Dr Marie-Estella McVeigh ...
In a recent article for The London Economic, Robert Owens challenged readers that if they thought Jeremy Corbyn was a loser, they had probably been brainwashed. Basically, the point of the article was that Jeremy is a hard-working MP who works very hard for social justice but since he threatens ...
Britain's exit from the European Union means an exit from the single market, UKIP leader Nigel Farage has today re-emphasised. The outspoken politician tweeted a video where he says Britain has voted to take control back of our "laws, our borders, our fisheries, and crucially, we voted to leave the ...
By Titus Alexander As the party conference season starts and David Cameron fades from political memory it is time to draw lessons from his ten years at the top of the Conservative Party and his swift departure after the Brexit vote. His period in power restored Conservative confidence as a ...
Are we sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. I have read of countries in the world that actually fund their key services properly to ensure the country can keep its citizens well-educated, healthy and safe in times of emergency. Alas, they are all far away from here and, as a recent ...
A recent article by a dairy chief executive describes an industry in crisis, stating that demand for milk products are falling. It blames health professionals for warning the younger generations away from dairy, and speaks of a new ‘three-a-day’ dairy campaign to be launched soon. This initiative will promote daily ...
By Dan Cundy For many of us – and particularly those of us working in education – September is always associated with a new school year and fresh starts. Perhaps starting a new school, wearing a new uniform or just having a new pencil case, the autumn term always seems ...
As junior doctors announced their plans to strike for five days, they have been warned they could be struck off for their decision to pursue industrial action. The GMC (General Medical Council) has demanded that they call off the strike as they fear it will put many patients at risk. ...
A key ally for Jeremy Corbyn, Ronnie Draper, has been cast out of the Labour Party, supposedly for comments made on social media, which have not been reported at this present time. Draper, from the Bakers, Food and allied Workers Union, which has around twenty thousand members took to social ...
Jeremy Corbyn really wanted to discuss his plans for a fully nationalised health service today, however the reporters at the press conference had other plans. He become very flustered when the hacks wanted to discuss "traingate," especially Darren McCaffrey from Sky News. Virgin Trains released video footage which they claim ...
If you think Jeremy Corbyn is a clown or a total waste of skin, it could be too late for you - you’ve already been brainwashed by a handful of foreign billionaires. We all agree that newspapers play a crucial role in British democracy, but what is troubling is that ...
The Corbynistas have tried to paint Owen Smith as a villain. He worked for Pfizer (that well-known evil corporation), he wants to privatise the NHS (the evidence for this is startling in its flimsiness) and he's tearing the Labour Party apart (unlike the Trots who've culled the shadow cabinet). The ...
The heightened fear of terrorism often leads to a misinterpretation of what is actually taking place, especially in airports and on planes. Understandably airport staff need to be alert to all potential risks, but in this case they appear to have got the wrong end of the stick and the ...
Small shifts often lead to big changes – Lifestyle changes to deal with your kidney issues There are times when big changes lead to smaller shifts and whether you’re trying to eat better in order to eliminate germs, creating a healthier you don’t always mean an entire lifestyle makeover. We ...
The public are attempting to raise a huge £130,000 so junior doctors can continue their legal dispute against Jeremy Hunt, the Government’s Health Secretary. Funds will cover legal costs so the battle can continue in the High Court ,who decreed that if they could raise that figure they could proceed ...
By Deborah Hodge Hilary Clinton is set to be the first female American President and Theresa May has snuck in from nowhere to become the second female British Prime Minister. I have to be honest, even though I stood for London Mayor in 2016, I had no clue who she was ...
Social research specialists NatCen have confirmed that the UK class divide is "alive and well" following a social attitudes study. The research revealed 77 per cent of people interviewed thought the class divide was either fairly wide or very wide, and just 26 per cent thought it was not very difficult to ...
By Bill E. Lytton We are entering a period of unprecedented, but entirely predictable, political and economic volatility. The next major test for politicians and campaigners in post-Brexit Britain is how to handle promises they made repeatedly throughout the referendum. Already, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove - as seen in their ...
By Joe Mellor. Deputy Editor So the Leave campaign got in their battle bus and drove around the country with a massive lie on the side of the bus about the NHS. Let's be honest, did you really fall for that? Actually don't answer that, seems MILLIONS did. Anyway, it ...
By Dani Porter As many others are likely feeling right now, I am stunned. I barely have the words, or perhaps too many words, to know where to start on this very bleak, dispiriting day. There is much I could say on how I feel this is a terrible decision for ...
Britain has voted to leave the European Union and the question on everyone’s mind has shifted from “what if” to “what now”. Immediately, nothing much will change. Prominent Brexiteer Boris Johnson has already called for calm and most political commentators agree that it could be some time before we see ...
A vote to leave the European Union will not help reduce EU immigration because the free movement of people will be a condition of any free trade deal with the European single market, a Conservative MEP has claimed. Speaking at an EU debate hosted by Equilibrium Asset Management Sajjad Karim ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In another blow to the Brexit campaign another senior politician has decided to change to the Remain camp over “hate and xenophobia” peddled by the Brexit leaders. Baroness Warsi, a former cabinet minister for the Conservative party will no vore remain on Thursday, after she ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Hilary Benn has come out strongly in favour of a vote to Remain part of the European project. He said voter will be disappointed if they choose to Brexit in the belief it will reduce immigration. Benn said leaving the EU wouldn’t stop high levels ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In a shocking twist in the EU referendum campaign a Tory MP has switched sides. Sarah Wollaston has now left the Leave campaign and will now back the Remain side instead. She was instantly subjected to attacks from Leave campaigners on social media after she ...
“Above all, it is criminal to excite anger and discontent without proposing a remedy, or only proposing a false remedy” --- Theodore Roosevelt, How Not to Help Our Poorer Brothers, 1987 Foreigners! Terror! Instability! Economic bombs! Elites! Democracy! Arrest warrants would fill several grand rooms if we were subject to ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Ex-PM John Major, wasn't known for his strong personality when leading the country, but he was very animated when he discussed the Brexit Campaign on Andrew Marr's BBC show. Major, who was born in Brixton and whose father was in the circus, called Boris Johnson ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to bin the EU’s highly controversial free trade deal (TTIP) with America. During an anti-Brexit rally he promised to get rid of the trade deal if he is voted in as PM before it is implemented. He hates the deal so ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The junior doctors’ dispute seems to have finally reached a deal to end the months of industrial action in the medical profession. A lot of the blame has been placed firmly at Jeremy Hunt’s door, and he has managed to admit there are “lessons to ...
Have you just been made redundant? Doubtless you’re contemplating how on earth you’re going to keep life functioning as usual: the mortgage needs paying, the kids need feeding and the car (somehow) needs keeping on the road. But don’t worry: you can keep on top of your outgoings and stay ...