Shirley Williams just sent me this email

"The article is not true. They have since issued a correction. Shirley Williams"

To which I replied:


"Hi. I did subsequently see that the article was wrong, so I apologise in part for the vitriol of my previous email. But please bear in mind the reason for my upset. Your party, as advised by you, has enabled the Tories to pass their NHS bill, which will disassemble the NHS in all but name. I hope you realise no one will ever vote Lib Dem again."

An Email to Shirley Williams

Dear Baroness Williams

You did this. You ignored what was happening and allowed this to be passed.

You privatised the NHS. Single-handedly you did it.

I will never forgive you.

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/lansley-opens-door-full-scale-nhs-privatisation


Kind regards

Ben Newman


Note: You can email Shirley here

Letter to a Peer.

 I used this link to contact peer today

16 March 2012

Dear Baroness Sharp,

On Monday, Peers must vote for Lord Owen's amendment to delay a final vote on the Health and Social Care Bill.

As I'm sure you're aware there has been a massive public outcry against this bill, with an e-petition currently at 175,450 signatures, and members of the public  footing over £300,000 to pay for bill boardsasking the government to reconsider.

However, the government seems intent on not listening to its voters, and pushing through a bill that will allow 49% of all NHS facilities to be used for privatepractice.

The Government have refused to release the Risk Register for the Health and Social Care Bill, so Peers have been denied the accurate information they need to scrutinise the Bill.

Monday 19th will be Peers' last chance to vote to protect our NHS. They can't discharge this huge responsibility without at least seeing and debating the evidence.

This legislation is too far-reaching and controversial with health professions and the wider public for it to be approved before the Risk Register is published.

Please do all you can to delay this bill.

Yours sincerely

Ben Newman

David Cameron

10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA

5 March 2012

Dear Mr Cameron

I write further to my previous letters regarding the Health and Social Care Bill.

A petition with 160,000 signatures was presented to parliament asking for this bill to be dropped. I am frankly disgusted that you’ve refused to discuss this in parliament.

On 11 August 2011 you talked to the BBC about e-petitions, and stated "If it reaches a certain level of signatures it will be debated in this House whether we like it or not and I think that is an important way of empowering people."

You’re refusal to discuss the Drop the Bill petition in parliament exposes this statement to be false.

This morning 130 billboards were erected asking you to reconsider your actions. These were paid for with £300,000 donated by ordinary people, who don’t want this bill to go through.

How much louder do the public have to shout for you to hear them? As I stated in my first letter, please, reconsider.

Yours sincerely

Ben Newman

Letter No. 2 goes out tonight.

 

David Cameron

10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA

23 February 2012

Dear Mr Cameron

I write further to my letter dated 14 February 2012 (a copy of which is attached herewith).

As I write (5.36 pm 23/02/12), the “Drop the Health Bill" e-petition has 159,233 signatures. It currently the highest open e-petition, and is the second highest in history.

Please reconsider your opinion on the Health and Social Care bill.

Yours sincerely

Ben Newman

A letter to Dave

I sent this letter to David Cameron on Valentines Day. I wonder if he read it.



David Cameron
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA




14 February 2012




Dear Mr Cameron

I write regarding the NHS bill put forward by Andrew Lansley. I wish to highlight the large amount of public disapproval for this bill, and to ask you to reconsider your devout support of it.

I understand your government needs to appear strong and together, but surely the outcry against this bill must count for something?

Firstly, the rejection of the proposals from the medical profession has been massive. But most importantly, the public (your voters) are massively opposed.

As I write (5.06 pm), an e-petition on the direct.gov.uk website has 91,320 signatures. This has increased by 30,000 since this morning, and will most likely reach over 100,000 today. How often do members of the public rally together with such volume over a single issue like this?

The NHS is one of the parts of our society that makes me proudest to be British, and I regularly sing it’s praises to foreign friends. But if this bill goes through, it will strip the core out of the NHS, and reduce it to commercialised imitation of a once great service. Please, reconsider.

Yours sincerely




Ben Newman



PS. At the time of finishing this letter (5.17 pm) the total amount of signatures had increased to 92,300


The petition is currently at 157,494 signitures (17.30 22/02/12)