Conference warned of Trump threat to the NHS

“When Boris Johnson tells us we can trust him with the NHS, I think we know what that’s worth … this is the man who promised £350 million a week for the NHS and then laughed it off after the referendum.” That was at the heart of the message to UNISON’s disabled members’ conference from assistant general secretary Christina McAnea this afternoon when she addressed delegates just days before the Westminster Parliament is dissolved for the general election. Warning of how “Trump and the big health companies in the US” want access to the NHS, she reminded delegates that there have already been meetings about this between representatives of US pharmaceutical companies and UK officials – with nobody prepared to reveal precisely what has been discussed. “This election is huge for us and our members,” she said. “We need to use all of our contacts, all of our links, all of our communities” to make sure everyone is registered, has a postal vote – and then votes. Don’t tell people who to vote for, Ms McAnea said: “Ask them to think about public services” when they vote, adding that “at least we now know that austerity was caused by having too many libraries and Sure Start centres”. But on Brexit, she said that, “no matter how you voted in the referendum – and how you feel now – no-one voted for this and no-one voted for this mess that we’re in.” Pointing out that independent research has said that Brexit will cost every single person ...
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