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Despicable behaviour

Posted by: Editor in Health, Science Nov. 6, 2015, 12:36 p.m.

UK Minister talks out bill for off-patent drugs

A Westminster bill which would have ensured that out of patent drugs could have been provided cheaply to the NHS has been talked out by the Conservative Minister for Health. Alistair Burt MP spent twenty seven minutes talking which meant there wasn't enough time for a vote to be taken. Burt did this intentionally which suggests he thought the government would lose the vote.

UK: "the most successful political union in history"

Posted by: Editor in Health Feb. 28, 2014, 6:37 p.m.

Really?

One of the latest mantras from the No campaign is that the UK is "the most successful political union in history". Two questions immediately spring to mind: by what measure and for whom? We have never seen these questions asked or answered in the mainstream media.