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Clive Lewis MP

21 Dec, 6 tweets, 3 min read

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It’s time to challenge the Tory’s false narrative that the NHS is on its knees because of the behaviour of individuals and supposedly unforseen 'emergencies'. They’re shifting the blame away from their own role in creating a public health crisis.

theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…

The NHS is there to provide universal healthcare, and the virus is with us for the foreseeable future.

The total NHS waiting list is now 5.9m & growing. This is symptomatic of the Tory's failure to build a resilient NHS that's adapted to our new reality.
thelancet.com/journals/lance…

https://twitter.com/resfoundation/status/1473310712390946823?s=20

Sajid Javid blames the unvaccinated, who he says “must really think about the damage they are doing to society.”

What about the damage done by sick pay so low it can’t be lived on, and the absence of support for workers in Rishi Sunak's Omicron package?

https://twitter.com/resfoundation/status/1473310712390946823?s=20

What about the damage done by systematically underfunding the NHS?

In October the BMA warned that the Budget "fails to fully account for the enormous challenges now facing the health service as it heads into the most challenging winter on record."

bma.org.uk/advice-and-sup…

@msf_innovation

What about the damage done by the UK blocking the #TRIPSwaiver?

According to @msf_innovation 100+ manufacturers could scale up vaccine production. Yet the virus is allowed to run rampant and mutate to protect the “incentives” of big pharma. #ShareTheTech

https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1470857716851748873

Under the cover of the pandemic the Govt is setting up authoritarian infrastructure, while failing to put in place all the measures that would protect public health and reduce the chances of new variants flourishing. They must be held to account for this.

labourlist.org/2021/12/adapta…

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