Archive for #welovethenhs
#welovetheNHS: how Twitter gave Brits a voice on US politics
The 11 September edition of the Politics Online email newsletter featured the following piece from myself in the Sound Off section: There are two broad areas where US political debate has for years often seemed quite baffling to British ears: gun control and health care. To most British ears the idea that the ability to [...]
How Labour has mishandled #welovethenhs
In brief: by trying to turn the defence of the NHS against American attacks into a political stick with which to beat the Conservatives, Labour has given David Cameron and other senior Conservatives plenty of airtime to make the case, “Look, we’re not like previous Tories. We like the NHS – and to prove it, [...]
