My love of the NHS

[ju_bear]

I have been banging a lot abt NHS, TTIP and in general rant abt the coalition govt. In particular- George Osbourne (Mr. That is not my job to chase tax dodger), David Cameron (Mr I can do what I want and wtf are you going to do abt it?) and Mr Jeremy Hunt (Mr homeopathy vs modern medicine and Mr Bully- http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/

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[grok_mctanys]

No, we don't need TTIP, and neither does anyone else. However, everyone should be against it on principle for the simple reason that it's a bunch of regulations being negotiated, in secret, by large industry lobbyists, with no access, input or oversight available to the press or ciziten/consumer advocacy groups. No legislation for a supposedly democratic nation should ever be created in such a manner.

We also don't need fracking. According to best estimates, in order to stay within 2° of global warming by 2100 and prevent widespread ecological problems, we cannot afford to extract all the fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) from the sources that we are already exploiting. We do not have the carbon budget to do that. Opening up new fields now is simply daft, and we need to put all our R&D/exploratory funds towards expanding and improving the efficiency of renewable sources

[ju_bear]

What I don't get is how is TTIP pro free market/ capitalism?

Labour is accusing ppl who are against TTIP as anti-capitalism. But that treaty is locking in deals not on free market...

On top of that...the contrary pledges the main parties in regards these issues has been conflicting and misleading.

http://nhaspace.com/2015/03/04/dear-andy-labour-need-to-sort-themselves-out/

[grok_mctanys]

It depends on your definition of "free markets". Big businesses define "free markets" roughly as

[ju_bear]

http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2015/02/27/ttip-leaked-text-analysis-by-john-hilary-war-on-want/