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(37,468 posts) Wed Nov 27, 2019, 03:21 PM Nov 2019

Jeremy Corbyn reveals dossier 'proving NHS up for sale' [View all]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/27/jeremy-corbyn-reveals-dossier-proving-nhs-up-for-sale

Labour has obtained official documents showing that the US is demanding that the NHS will be “on the table” in talks on a post-Brexit trade deal, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

The Labour leader said the uncensored papers gave the lie to Boris Johnson’s claims that the NHS would not be part of any trade talks, and revealed that the US wanted “total market access” after the UK leaves the EU.

“The uncensored documents leave Boris Johnson’s denials in absolute tatters,” he said at a news conference in London. “We have now got evidence that under Boris Johnson the NHS is on the table and will be up for sale. He tried to cover it up in a secret agenda and today it has been exposed.”

Corbyn said the 451 pages of documents covered six rounds of talks from July 2017 to “just a few months ago”. He said the meetings took place in Washington and London. “We are talking here about secret talks for a deal with Donald Trump after Brexit,” he said.

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Jeremy Corbyn reveals dossier 'proving NHS up for sale' [View all] steve2470 Nov 2019 OP

WTF? CottonBear Nov 2019 #1

i've been telling the trumpkin in my life to watch what is happening in the uk. mopinko Nov 2019 #2

Spot on. NotHardly Nov 2019 #3

The cancer has spread LittleGirl Nov 2019 #4

Yup. a global conspiracy. LiberalLovinLug Nov 2019 #5

ya know the thing that baffles me most? these people are all looking for conspiracies, mopinko Nov 2019 #15

And how does the "fence post" in your life respond? paleotn Nov 2019 #7

well, honestly, this one is trying to hang on to his intellectual honesty, such as it is. mopinko Nov 2019 #14

He does sound salvageable and that's good. paleotn Nov 2019 #17

my observation- step 1- bait them into acting like assholes. mopinko Nov 2019 #18

So.... UK head Rabbi saying Jeremy unfit vs Boris flogging the NHS. mwooldri Nov 2019 #6

Sorry I have to disagree Soph0571 Nov 2019 #9

What are some of the Labour nazis' names, Soph? Mc Mike Nov 2019 #11

They are not Nazi's rather the far left but it is the same tropes Soph0571 Nov 2019 #12

Thanks for the re, Soph. With your prompting, I saw the anti-semitism issues around Mc Mike Nov 2019 #16

He never said "Jews / British." Ghost Dog Nov 2019 #20

Thanks, Ghost Dog. Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #22

Interesting info. I like the forward. Mc Mike Nov 2019 #25

Thanks for the reply, Ghost. I like Soph, and she's one of the few self identified UK post-ers Mc Mike Nov 2019 #26

You've got it, Mc Mike. Ghost Dog Nov 2019 #28

Thanks for the article, Ghost. Excellent and full of info. Mc Mike Nov 2019 #29

Yes... Corporate and in our case State-owned media (the BBC)... Ghost Dog Nov 2019 #30

State ownership of BBC seems like it could still lead to corporate influence, Mc Mike Nov 2019 #32

Yes. The Zionist thing is/should be seen as a red herring. Ghost Dog Nov 2019 #33

I looked at the tweet. The art is really shitty, as well as being nazi. Mc Mike Nov 2019 #24

"Yes, Jeremy is pro Palestine but he isn't anti-Judaism" FiveGoodMen Nov 2019 #10

This is a good read on it from the New Statesman Soph0571 Nov 2019 #13

But there is not one concrete example of what is denounced Ghost Dog Nov 2019 #19

I actually think the NHS will be easier to fix than Labour's scandals T_i_B Nov 2019 #23

Of course it is up for sale Soph0571 Nov 2019 #8

It's clear the U.S. negotiators want a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Ghost Dog Nov 2019 #21

Also the GOP wants to destroy the NHS. bronxiteforever Nov 2019 #27

Uncle Sam, the real Sam, is not so very hungry, though, Ghost Dog Nov 2019 #31

You are right Ghost Dog. The average American bronxiteforever Nov 2019 #34

Thanks for that, bronxiteforever! Ghost Dog Nov 2019 #35

Thanks Ghost Dog! Back at you. bronxiteforever Nov 2019 #36