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)
