Prospects, Monday 30 June, 2008
Morning. On Friday we marked Gordon Brown's first year as prime minister with a rather fine looking cake. Just as I got home Michael Crick emailed me a picture of himself eating said cake and asking me to post it up on his blog, with apologies to Gordon Brown. Never mind the PM, Michael, what happened to my slice?
Anyhow, tonight there's no cake but we are marking another anniversary - 60 years of the NHS - in a special programme (watch previous here). Here's programme producer Simon Enright on plans for tonight.
"Tonight we are going to devote almost all the programme - other news permitting - to debating the NHS. With Lord Darzi's report claiming to provide a blueprint for the next ten years - and the NHS celebrating 60 years this week - we'll be asking just what the future holds for healthcare in Britain.
We're live from one of the supersurgeries trumpeted by the government. It's in Leicester. Cost £13 million. And is so new the builders are stepping aside for us for one day as they finish it off.
Simon"
This is the first in our week-long look at the NHS at 60, so keep watching and keep contributing to our . Liz MacKean will present the pick of your views on the NHS on Wednesday. And there's lots of great material on the .
Comment number 1.
At 30th Jun 2008, thegangofone wrote:All due respect I do hope you will at least mention the latest rumblings about Iran. Perhaps tomorrow.
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Comment number 2.
At 30th Jun 2008, midnightPantsman wrote:Good old ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Expenses -just claim it back and "Let them eat cake "
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Comment number 3.
At 30th Jun 2008, barriesingleton wrote:A STATE WITHIN A STATE
By the time the NHS has adjusted for the latest government initiative, the latest hospital management gimmick and the mass of strangely spoken staff - some with an unfathomable mind-set - the patient, in pain or frightened of outcome, is at the mercy of a moderately oppressive machine. No one seems to have taken the psychological temperature of a large hospital; I believe they are seriously disturbed.
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Comment number 4.
At 30th Jun 2008, thegangofone wrote:#1 (contd) .... and Scotland tomorrow maybe. Wendy Alexander- was it the one day penalty or was she looking like she was not going to cut the mustard in the referendum for 2010?
Also on nuclear power if Gordon Brown is saying people can bid to take the nuclear waste I assume his constituency will be leading the way?
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Comment number 5.
At 30th Jun 2008, barriesingleton wrote:ROLL OUT THE BARREL
Whenever I am reminded that our democratic leaders will not let the majority have hanging back, I suggest, to make it less ghoulish, it could be done by 'telephone vote' where at the 'appointed time' all those in favour of hanging, dial a certain number and one of them actually triggers the trap.
By the same token, would it not be possible to put the nuclear waste into pristine 'Millennium Barrels' suitably fabricated, and delivered to each nuclear- favourable household? They might be variously styled as novelty tables or garden features: bird bath or see-saw fulcrum.
I write this in a spirit of helpfulness rather than zeal . . .
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Comment number 6.
At 1st Jul 2008, T A Griffin (TAG) wrote:The problem of Iraq will not go away. Now we are being told, at last, about the agreements between the Iraqi government and the oil companies. Why did we go into Iraq, never ever was about oil of course.
It was to get rid of weapons of mass destruction!
Now when is Gordon going to tell us about what has been negotiated with the DUP to get them to vote with the government on 42 days. Can't wait!
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Comment number 7.
At 1st Jul 2008, barriesingleton wrote:HOW DID TAG GET A SPACED NAME?
Hi Tag. I think you will find Sadam was guilty of 'Thought Crime'. He kept thinking he was as big a fundamental-orifice as the likes of Bush and Blair, and fantasising pre-emtive invasion of anyone, on a whim.
(It wasn't true about the WMD.)
By the way: how did you get spaces in your name? When this blog stumbled into the light, they were forbidden!
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