TUSC FIGHTS £1.2 BILLION NHS SELL-OFF!
The
Sentinel on 14 March revealed the government's plans to carry out a
£1.2 billion sell-off of our local front line NHS services. In the
report, Stoke-on-Trent South Labour MP Rob Flello said: "I
smell a rat from the sheer haste of all this when much thought and
sensitivity is needed. This is being railroaded through so quickly
that I suspect the companies have already been chosen and this
process is merely for effect."
From
Rob Flello's comments we can only assume that he is not opposed in
principal to the government's plan to launch the biggest ever
privatisation project on our local front line services in the NHS but
only that it needs more “thought and sensitivity” and that it's
happening too fast!
Newcastle
Labour MP Paul Farrelly says, “This could lead to massive changes”.
No
mention from either of them about launching a campaign to stop this
plan.
If
this major attack on publicly owned health services was being planned
in some remote part of the universe then their staggering complacency
would be understandable but this is happening in Stoke, Newcastle and
the rest of Staffordshire!
The
fact is that today's Labour Party like the other establishment
parties support privatisation of the NHS and other public services.
Meanwhile
in the real world, an article written by Staffordshire TUSC agent Andy Bentley, appeared on this website two days before the
story broke on the front page of the Sentinel. But unlike the
Sentinel and our local 'Labour' MPs it spelled out what was at stake
and crucially a strategy which if taken up particularly by the health
services unions could stop the government's plan in it's tracks.
And
of course, again unlike today's Labour Party, for the Socialist Party
life is not just about words. It's about action as well. It's about
fighting and campaigning against what we think is wrong and fighting
for what we think is right.
This
is why Stoke & Newcastle Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition supporters and local Socialist Party members and were out on the streets
of Newcastle on Saturday giving out leaflets explaining that we need
to fight back against this mega sell-off and asking people to sign a
petition against the Con-Dem government's plans.

TUSC supporters campaigning in Newcastle town centre on Saturday
We
got an excellent response with over 100 people signing our petition
and taking away leaflets. Many took leaflets to pass out at work or
to friends. Many also spoke about their sadness at the recent deaths
of veteran Socialist campaigners Tony Benn and Bob Crow.
Like
Tony Benn, railway worker's union leader Bob Crow spent his life
fighting for the working class. Bob was also a co-founder of the
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in 2010 because he
recognised the need to build a new party from the bottom up to
represent working class people.
When
asked recently about TUSC, Bob Crow said, “The Trade Unionist &
Socialist Coalition does what it says on the tin – without any of
the baggage and big-business agenda of the main political parties.
Who else you gonna vote for?”
TUSC
CANDIDATES ARE COMMITTED TO PUBLIC HEALTH NOT PRIVATE WEALTH.
ALL
TUSC CANDIDATES STANDING IN THE LOCAL ELECTIONS ON 22 MAY IN
NEWCASTLE WILL BE FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL TO STOP THIS £1.2 BILLION
SELL-OFF OF THE NHS.
IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAND AS A TUSC CANDIDATE IN NEWCASTLE, HELP WITH
OUR CAMPAIGN OR JUST FIND OUT MORE THEN CALL OR TEXT 07845893607