| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers 18:34 - May 21 with 2361 views | sparks |
Having said very robustly at PMQs that he did not agree it was appropriate to do so.
Not sure how I feel about that- praise for reassessing the arguments and making a change despite the embarrassment? Or is he so running scared he simlpy caved? |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 18:35 - May 21 with 2349 views | SpruceMoose |
It would be nice if we could just trust him to make the right choice the first time round. |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 18:47 - May 21 with 2312 views | Illinoisblue |
Such a surprise that the buffoon with a history of bluster, deceit and lies is displaying those exact same qualities as PM.
How in the hell we ended up with Johnson and Trump will baffle for decades to come. |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 18:56 - May 21 with 2287 views | m14_blue |
I don’t think Governments should be criticised when they realise a mistake and rectify it. For once having shameless populists in charge has paid dividends.
Hancock trying to make out it wasn’t a u-turn was comedy gold though. |  | | |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 18:57 - May 21 with 2278 views | footers |
Meh. It was only bringing in £900m in revenue a year, so pales in comparison to the £350m a week extra we'll be getting once Brexit Gets Done. |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 18:57 - May 21 with 2279 views | DanTheMan |
I've never really cared about u-turns if they do the right thing eventually.
What they are doing is right.
Pretending it wasn't a u-turn was fairly funny. |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:04 - May 21 with 2249 views | NewcyBlue |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 18:57 - May 21 by DanTheMan |
I've never really cared about u-turns if they do the right thing eventually.
What they are doing is right.
Pretending it wasn't a u-turn was fairly funny. |
No 10 u turn. by NewcyBlue 21 May 2020 16:43https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/may/21/uk-coronavirus-live-news-update-covid-test-and-trace-second-wave?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Migrant care workers no longer need to pay the migrant NHS surcharge.
Agreed. An effective opposition is holding the government to account finally too! |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:05 - May 21 with 2241 views | artsbossbeard |
That's a £900 million black hole to fill then.. |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:10 - May 21 with 2208 views | LankHenners |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:04 - May 21 by NewcyBlue |
No 10 u turn. by NewcyBlue 21 May 2020 16:43https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/may/21/uk-coronavirus-live-news-update-covid-test-and-trace-second-wave?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Migrant care workers no longer need to pay the migrant NHS surcharge.
Agreed. An effective opposition is holding the government to account finally too! |
They got a lot of pushback from lots of people, which importantly included their own voters, which shows the importance of making a fuss.
To chalk this up as a win for effective opposition holding the government to account is bogus. |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:12 - May 21 with 2189 views | vapour_trail |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 18:56 - May 21 by m14_blue |
I don’t think Governments should be criticised when they realise a mistake and rectify it. For once having shameless populists in charge has paid dividends.
Hancock trying to make out it wasn’t a u-turn was comedy gold though. |
Your second paragraph negates the first.
It’s just relentless BS from this administration. Completely untrustworthy. Why would you believe anything they say.
Wholly unfit to govern. |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:19 - May 21 with 2160 views | Bugs |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:05 - May 21 by artsbossbeard |
That's a £900 million black hole to fill then.. |
Apparently Johnson got his figures wrong....or lied in PMQs. It's £90 million, not £900 million. |  | | |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:23 - May 21 with 2140 views | m14_blue |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:19 - May 21 by Bugs |
Apparently Johnson got his figures wrong....or lied in PMQs. It's £90 million, not £900 million. |
They were saying £30m on the radio earlier, £900m is the cost of the whole scheme. | | | |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:23 - May 21 with 2135 views | m14_blue |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:12 - May 21 by vapour_trail |
Your second paragraph negates the first.
It’s just relentless BS from this administration. Completely untrustworthy. Why would you believe anything they say.
Wholly unfit to govern. |
Very fair point. | | | |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:40 - May 21 with 2098 views | sparks |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 18:47 - May 21 by Illinoisblue |
Such a surprise that the buffoon with a history of bluster, deceit and lies is displaying those exact same qualities as PM.
How in the hell we ended up with Johnson and Trump will baffle for decades to come. |
How are you able to tell the difference between those things, and reflecting and coming to a better decision (which is laudible) in these circumstances? | |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:49 - May 21 with 2076 views | Swansea_Blue |
Just got to be thankful that they're not proceeding with this policy to treat foreigners (and us by extension) with contempt.
In this case anyway; they'll need to keep their core support so no doubt they'll find other ways to keep the xenophobia going (couldn't resist the dig, but they deserve it). |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:56 - May 21 with 2053 views | Fixed_It |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:40 - May 21 by sparks |
How are you able to tell the difference between those things, and reflecting and coming to a better decision (which is laudible) in these circumstances? |
The most worrying thing is that he/they thought the original decision was right in the first place, surely? |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:57 - May 21 with 2050 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:12 - May 21 by vapour_trail |
Your second paragraph negates the first.
It’s just relentless BS from this administration. Completely untrustworthy. Why would you believe anything they say.
Wholly unfit to govern. |
"Wholly unfit to govern"
In a nutshell, yeah. It's a Vote Leave protest organisation pretending to be a government. Quite a few of them were around before Cummings/Elliot, etc., though. So I hang on to the slim chance that buried beneath all this populist bullsh*t there are some people who remember why they entered politics.
On the other hand, I'm fairly sure that's a futile hope as this is a cabinet rammed full of sycophants who've demonstrated they have no morals, have switched allegiances, abandoned their principles and have literally shown they are prepared to discriminate against their own family in order to get a top job (the last being reference to Patel, who would have prevented her parents entering Britain). | |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 23:00 - May 21 with 1909 views | tractordownsouth |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:19 - May 21 by Bugs |
Apparently Johnson got his figures wrong....or lied in PMQs. It's £90 million, not £900 million. |
Also, the £900m figure he used was for all migrants and over 4 years.
Second time in just over a week he's lied to parliament then |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 08:41 - May 22 with 1776 views | BrixtonBlue |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 18:56 - May 21 by m14_blue |
I don’t think Governments should be criticised when they realise a mistake and rectify it. For once having shameless populists in charge has paid dividends.
Hancock trying to make out it wasn’t a u-turn was comedy gold though. |
They didn't so much realise the mistake as had it pointed out to them by Keir Starmer at PMQ's. |  |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 08:52 - May 22 with 1764 views | vilanovablue |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 19:23 - May 21 by m14_blue |
They were saying £30m on the radio earlier, £900m is the cost of the whole scheme. |
Over 4 years it's £900 million for 1 year for this specific thing it's more like £32 million. Boris unsurprisingly was being disingenuous in PMQ'S. |  | | |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 09:23 - May 22 with 1730 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 23:00 - May 21 by tractordownsouth |
Also, the £900m figure he used was for all migrants and over 4 years.
Second time in just over a week he's lied to parliament then |
I always thought that misleading parliament was meant to be a serious offence, that tended to result in losing one's position. Seems like that's not the case with Johnson though 🤷â€â™‚ï¸ | |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 11:32 - May 22 with 1669 views | ElephantintheRoom |
The tax will simply come from elsewhere - and everybody is happy despite paying more.
I must admit when I saw the size of the NHS surcharge I'm surprised migrants don't go private - its considerably cheaper. | |
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| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 11:35 - May 22 with 1655 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Boris has dropped the NHS surcharge for NHS workers on 11:32 - May 22 by ElephantintheRoom |
The tax will simply come from elsewhere - and everybody is happy despite paying more.
I must admit when I saw the size of the NHS surcharge I'm surprised migrants don't go private - its considerably cheaper. |
They don't get a choice. They have to pay it when they apply for immigration. | |
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