The World Needs Saved...

"Migration is a dignity seeking journey" François Crepeau, Professor of international Law, McGill University and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (2011-2017)

While I have explored many areas that will be impacted by Brexit I have yet to delve into the effects it will have on the National Health Service. I know the headlines and some basic facts which have been spread around but, like many, I have not taken the time to really look behind the propaganda and basic headlines. In this article, I have decided to change that. Here I try and investigate some of the key areas as I see them; staffing, medical supplies, budgets and research.

Over the past few weeks I have done a bit of tweeting and I admit that sometimes I can get a bit wound up by responses from people who have closed off their minds and refuse to even think about what Brexit will really do to the UK. In this piece I decided to try and look at the various pro Brexit arguments have heard and then use the facts at hand to see if they are valid. The ultimate aim here is twofold. First, instead of trying to engage one on one in pointless Twitter wars I decided to write down my arguments, hopefully this will help me keep calm about the subject. Second if it brings around one doubting Leaver by using the facts and not propaganda then it will have done some external good as well.

We have all read and heard about the recent (and not so recent) spate of stabbings in London and in other areas around the country. While all forms of killing are awful, being stabbed must be one of the worst. It is up close, almost always premeditated and rarely a quick way to die. The brutality of it lives with both the attacker and, if they survive, the victim for the rest of their days. But what is behind this rise? The government blame everyone but themselves as usual saying it’s not all about money and everyone must step up to this scourge. Sounds good in principle but let’s take a closer look.