First I want to wish all the my readers a prosperous 2008 New Year - as you know I blog primarily about US and UK topics - particularly politics and Islamisation of both countries. Often times I find that what happens in the UK has a way of crossing the "pond" and occurring in the USA in short order - thus I feel it is very important that Americans take heed of actions and incidents in the UK/Europe.
I hope that this year will mark the start of removing the great nation of Britain from the clutches of the British people loathing self perpetuating NuLabour politicians and EU multicultural elites-commonly known as EUocrats.
After a long holiday visit with family and friends, my "opinions" may be a bit but nevertheless here it goes....
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Prequel to article below:
No one should blame or deride the British people for protesting against the absolute invasion of their country by immigrants - both legal and illegal. I find too many commentators begin their posts with the caveat that they are not "racist" - 100% due to fear of being called such by the political correctness police who use the word as a club to verbally berate anyone that disagrees with the disastrous multicultural ideology that encourages rampant immigration into an island Nation. Whereas the below article deals with the Polish immigrants they pale in comparison to the muslim immigrants from Pakistan, etc. who for many decades have sucked up British benefits for themselves and their multiple wives and children at an egregious rate - this same greedy group has and continues to plot to kill us and in turn make the UK submit to Sharia Law.
Free speech and the ability to profess care and concern for one's homeland should NEVER be silenced by their very nature!!!
Remove the ridiculous "racism" nonsense from the mix and immediately begin steps to halt the burgeoning immigration problems and address the immense problems the so called "globalists" have created in Britain.
NO British person should feel as a second class citizen in his/her own country. NO British person should receive less than a newly immigrated "worker".
For all of our sake - stop the moaning - start to demand what is right for Britain and an immediate fix to the problems caused by an incompetent vote pandering government who appears for all intents and purposes to have sold out Great Britain for 30 pieces of EU silver.
POLISH immigrants have plunged the NHS into crisis—because health chiefs greatly underestimated the influx.
Poles strain our NHS
We don't have enough resources
Casualty juniors just can't cope
by Jamie Lyons
Hospitals and GPs are struggling to cope with hundreds of thousands of patients they did not budget for.
The Department of Health had expected to treat an extra 150,000 patients in the three years since eight new countries — including Poland— joined the EU in 2004
But hospitals and docs have dealt with that number EVERY YEAR since, stretching their budgets to breaking point.
MigrationWatch chairman Sir Andrew Green said: "The failure to anticipate the huge inflow of immigrants is having a massive effect on the NHS across the country.
"And British patients will struggle to get on the waiting lists because of this."
The problem has arisen because Health officials did not expect Polish workers to bring their families with them—and claim NHS treatment.
A senior source at the Department of Health said: "NHS budgets were based on official predictions of how many people would be coming in.
"We worked on the basis of 150,000 over three years. But we have had that many every year since 2004.
"The vast majority are Poles. There is nothing we can do about it because we can't stop them having treatment. They are entitled to it."
The government predicted no more than 13,000 extra immigrants would settle in Britain when the eight new countries joined the EU. But the number has rocketed to between 700,000 and a million. As many as two-thirds are from Poland. Arrivals from the former Eastern bloc now run at over 700 A DAY.
Meanwhile, frantic health chiefs fear patients are dying because of a desperate shortage of doctors in A&E wards. Inexperienced junior docs are being left in charge of casualty departments because there are too few senior consultants.
But many lack expertise to deal with life-and-death issues.
Health chiefs are taking urgent action to double the number of consultants. But the government is refusing to pay for them when they are trained.
Hospitals are also facing a critical shortage of blood and is desperate for new donors.
And to add to the picture of an NHS in crisis, its Choose And Book computer system is tens of millions over budget and years behind schedule.
FROM THEOPINIONATOR continued:
So unprecidented rampant immigration into the UK has caused the NHS to descent into dire straits as there is just not enough beds, medicine, surgeries, nurses and doctors to go around. So what will our politically correctness nazi BRITISH government and managers do???????
Stop the legal and illegal immigrant invasion of the UK??
Stop family "reunification"?
Stop the maraude of bogus asylum seekers?
Stop allowing the new EU countries from sending their poor to leech off of the British?
Stop polygamist muslims from having multiple wives/families? (Oh how UNmulticultural of me to even suggest this!!)
Stop providing costly interpreters as taxpayer's expense?
Stop the money pit known as the EU?
Stop the people from the world from using the NHS as their personal one-stop free medical care provider?
ETC................................................
WHY NO - OF COURSE NOT - THE SOLUTION NuLABOUR HAS CHOSEN IS TO: (drumroll please)
BOOT THE BRITISH SMOKERS - FATTIES - AND DRINKERS OUT OF THE NHS!!!!!!
Smokers, drinkers and the obese beware: keep fit or risk losing NHS care
Patients' rights are to be spelled out in a new NHS constitution, Gordon Brown signalled today.
It is likely to cover core treatments to which they are entitled, minimum waiting times and the right to be treated in clean hospitals.
But with the rights will come the responsibility to lead a healthy lifestyle. There were fears last night that this could lead to smokers and people who drink or eat too much being refused treatments. Already around one in ten hospitals refuse to carry out joint replacements for obese patients or orthopaedic surgery on smokers.
The contract, first floated by Tony Blair was proposed by Gordon Brown in a New Year message to Health Service staff today.
The Prime Minister believes a new focus on the prevention of ill health, rather than curing it, is essential for a modern NHS.
Downing Street sources said he was not taking a "draconian" approach that would undermine the principle of an NHS free at the point of access to every citizen. But the contract could include a "general requirement" for people to keep themselves healthy. Patients' groups fear doctors and NHS managers will see this as a go-ahead to withhold more treatment.
Katherine Murphy, of the Patients' Association, said last night: "No-one would disagree with the sentiment but we are concerned that imposing a duty on people to keep themselves healthy goes too far.
"Hospitals are under enormous financial pressures and constraints. There has to be a fear that if people don't toe the line, they are going to be denied the treatment they are entitled to. In parts of the country, it's already happening."
Hospitals are currently entitled to draw up their own guidelines on access to particular treatments.
Doctors say the risks of operating on obese patients are higher and the treatment may be less effective, with replacement joints wearing out more quickly, for example. Smokers also have a higher risk of complications after surgery.
Health trusts in North Staffordshire have the toughest restrictions. Patients must have a body mass index below 30 and have not smoked for three months to qualify for any routine operation.
Research last October for the ITV1 programme Tonight With Trevor McDonald found that thousands of patients needing hip replacements or non-emergency operations have been either barred from treatment or told to come back when they have "shown a commitment" to become healthier.
In November, the British Fertility Society said severely obese childless women should be refused IVF treatment.
In today's message to NHS staff, to mark the organisation's 60th anniversary year, Mr Brown asks them to rally round the idea of a "more personal and responsive" Health Service.
He calls for "an NHS which is able to offer the help and support that we all need to make healthy choices for ourselves and our families".
The Prime Minister - battling to restore his Government's reputation after a disastrous few months - will set out plans to expand the "prevention agenda" in a keynote speech later this month, It will include moves to tackle obesity and further reduce the number of smokers.
Opposition MPs are likely to accuse the Government of an unwarranted extension of the "nanny state". Public health minister Dawn Primarolo was criticised in November when she told the middle classes they were drinking too much.
She said middle-aged couples drinking at home were a greater health concern than young people spilling out of bars.
Tory leader David Cameron will set out his party's plans for the NHS tomorrow. Last year his party proposed an NHS constitution telling patients precisely what treatment they were entitled to for all conditions.
But they have also said one of their first acts on winning power would be to go further and introduce a new, independent NHS board to free the Health Service from political interference.
Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said last night: "Giving the NHS a new constitution is welcome but this Government has been promising this for over a year with far no progress. By contrast, the Conservatives have published legislation to give real freedoms to the NHS based on shared values.
"NHS staff will be disappointed that Gordon Brown's message does not provide relief from the bureaucracy, top-down control and targets that consume so much of the time and care they could be directing to improving patient care."
THEOPINIONATOR - last word:
Come on now people you ALL knew this was coming - stopping smoking in gov't buildings, then pubs, then outdoors, then in your car - and soon in your home allowed the PC nazi's to get control over a very UNpolitically correct group - smokers- nearly everyone applauded the harrassing and punishing of those nasty smokers for partaking of their LEGAL habit. Now the PC-terminators have set their scope on those that enjoy drinking alcohol and like their Sunday roast a bit too much.
GREAT BRITAIN IS NO LONGER A LAND OF FREE MEN AND WOMEN - IT IS A POLICE STATE.
Avoid a gordon sanitaire for Europe - vote YES to Free Europe Constitution at www.FreeEurope.info!
Posted by: William Humbold III | January 02, 2008 at 03:24 AM
The only imposition I supported were seatbelt laws. I thought this was a good idea and said to those opposed that it would not become a slippery slope. But when they started smoking bans, I saw that as a slippery slope with many obvious 'next steps' to protect 'us from ourselves.' Indeed it has been a long slide into a complete nannystate where the individual loses all his personal freedom.
Posted by: John Sobieski | January 02, 2008 at 11:25 PM
I agree with the comments from both William & John - the "slippery slope" has become glazed over with ice - cameras used to speed check drivers are now going to be used to see if you are smoking, eating an apple, talking on you cellphone, etc. -so that the police can penalise the "offenders" - That is Big Brother 1984 to a T. The EU will only bring more such "monitors" of people as their power is becoming all consuming and you can bet that soon anyone that disagrees with the EUocrats will be violating an EU law & subsequently punished/silenced.
Posted by: TheOPINIONATOR | January 03, 2008 at 01:35 PM