Seventy children are treated at A&E for mental illness every day, four times as many as ten years ago, and shocking statistics unveiled 26,582 under 18s were rushed to casualty units in England and treated for psychiatric problems in the year to the close of April. The year before it was 22 per cent lower,Continue reading “Britain’s Shame”
Author Archives: Angela Lloyd
NHS Hospital Charges £18k For Hip Op
NHS hospital chiefs have sparked fury by charging for operations that were free, and now Warrington and Halton Hospitals Trust will offer you a new hip for £18,143 amongst a list of 71 other expensive private treatments, and this is a total disgrace because desperate patients are being left in agony because they can’t affordContinue reading “NHS Hospital Charges £18k For Hip Op”
Mum Banned From Every Asda Store
A mum has been banned from every Asda supermarket in the United Kingdom after failing to pay for sixteen pounds worth of items, but 31-year-old Beth Robinson said that the self-scanning machine didn’t take down half of her shopping, leading to a dispute that saw her treated like a common criminal. The mum, who hasContinue reading “Mum Banned From Every Asda Store”
Millionaire Tory Benefactor Demands Boris Johnson Come Clean
A top Tory contributor has said Boris Johnson must answer questions about his family life and the domestic disturbance with girlfriend Carrie Symond’s if he wants to be Prime Minister. John Griffin, the taxi magnate who founded Addison Lee, said Boris Johnson needed to answer questions about the number of children he has and whatContinue reading “Millionaire Tory Benefactor Demands Boris Johnson Come Clean”
Distressing Images Show Desperate Bedrooms Where Britain’s Children Are Forced To Sleep
These images capture the bedrooms where disadvantaged children sleep and live across London. Bedrooms of London is a new photographic exhibition at the Foundling Museum and documents the living conditions of London’s children who are living in poverty. In partnership with The Childhood Trust, the series of photographs by artist Katie Wilson are accompanied byContinue reading “Distressing Images Show Desperate Bedrooms Where Britain’s Children Are Forced To Sleep”
Lack Of Tory Condemnation
Foreign Office minister Mark Field was rightly suspended on Friday after his hostile assault on a female demonstrator, but if the Tory MP had any decency he would have quit immediately, and it speaks volumes about Jeremy Hunt, one of the contenders for the leadership, that he declined to denounce Mark Field’s actions, and itContinue reading “Lack Of Tory Condemnation”
Alarming Precedent Being Set
The NHS was created on the belief that it was free for everyone, regardless of means or circumstances, but this is no longer the case because patients at a trust in the north-west of England have been informed they will have to go private if they want treatments that were once customary on the NHS.Continue reading “Alarming Precedent Being Set”
No Action Over Jo Brand
Jo Brand will not face police action over a comment she made on the radio about throwing battery acid over politicians, even though Scotland Yard were considering an allegation of incitement to violence. Jo Brand made the remarks on Radio 4 programme Heresy and has since apologised, describing her remarks as crass and ill-judged, butContinue reading “No Action Over Jo Brand”
Boris Johnson Branded A Racist
Boris Johnson had an unhappy birthday as he was branded a racist unfit for office, and while the former Foreign Secretary managed to tighten his grasp on the Tory crown in the latest leadership vote, the Mirror Chicken brought him down a peck or two as he proceeded to evade some big questions. Boris Johnson,Continue reading “Boris Johnson Branded A Racist”
Boris Johnson Finally Surfaces
Submarine Boris Johnson is finally surfacing to launch his Tory leadership campaign, and the blonde-haired Brexiteer Buffon is currently the frontrunner for 10 Downing Street. Yes, that’s the same MP who jeopardised incarcerated mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran, called black people “piccaninnies”, rugby tackled a 10-year-old boy on a business trip, accused the President ofContinue reading “Boris Johnson Finally Surfaces”