Charging the sick for being sick.
Mark my words: this will be end of the NHS if the Tories have their way.
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Gordon Brown
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Gordon Brown
@GordonBrown
Former UK Prime Minister, now UN Envoy for Global Education and WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing, always Raith Rovers.
Joined March 2012
- 1/ Having been promised an energy price freeze, millions will be shocked when hit with a 25% rise in fuel bills in October. 5 million kids risk being pushed into poverty, with charities having to stop feeding the hungry so they can help the starving. We have to act. [THREAD]
- Replying to @GordonBrownIt’s all there in Britannia Unchained, co-authored by Liz Truss and Kwarteng: the pound can collapse, borrowing and mortgages can soar, pensioners can freeze, kids can go hungry, as long as the economy is ripe for venture capitalists freed from regulation and, ideally, tax.
- Vote Labour 🌹
- A message from Tory conference: Don't get sick Don't be disabled Don’t be on low pay with kids to feed Don’t rely on Universal Credit or public services If you do, get ready to pay for £43bn in tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest the most. [THREAD]
- Britain’s poor face the worst winter in living memory. A year ago we talked about people having to choose between heating and eating, now many can’t afford either. Basics like soap, toothpaste etc are becoming unaffordable luxuries. And it’s only going to get worse. [THREAD}
- 35m people – almost half the UK population – face fuel poverty in October when prices rise again. Time’s running out to change Universal Credit in time. Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss must agree an emergency budget this week. [Thread]
- I’ve seen a confidential document from Lynton Crosby’s lobbying firm which advises Boris Johnson to ride roughshod over every convention and standard of propriety to pack the House of Lords. [Thread]
- 12 years of Tory rule has made the UK the most regionally unequal economy in Europe. To build prosperity and tackle poverty across the whole UK, we need to change not just who governs but how we are governed. We need genuine political reform. [THREAD]
- I feel very strongly about this and have written for @guardian today on the importance of reform of the UK House of Lords.
- Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas - hope you have a peaceful and safe time. For those of you out there who are working to ensure that safety, thank you.
- A special international tribunal now taking shape in The Hague could indict President Putin for the crime of aggression. [Thread]
- Today we remember John Smith who died thirty years ago. I remember being with him the night before he died when he ended his speech with "all we ask is the opportunity to serve." John's whole life was a testimony to the nobility of public service.
- Replying to @GordonBrownIf Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak don't agree an emergency budget in the next few days, Parliament should be recalled to force the changes we need.
