Another great Action weekend in Brighton, with over 200 people joining us campaigning! Thanks so much, all.
Lots of talking with residents, including in Seven Dials, before we headed to the 38 degrees NHS campaign event to receive their petition from Pavilion residents for a truly public and protected health service (including from the dangers posed by TTIP). I also visited a local art exhibition as part of Parkinson's Awareness Week.
A few words from NEF fellow Andrew Simms, canvassing in Brighton
Andrew is the author of several books, including Ecological Debt, The New Economics and the bestselling Tescopoly. He is the chief analyst on the environment at Global Witness, and was NEF's policy director for over a decade.
38 degrees NHS Brighton event
38 degrees has been hard at work campaigning for a truly free, properly protected NHS. Today, they presented Brighton's Parliamentary candidates with the thousands of signatures they've collected across the city for their petition - almost 4,500 in Pavilion alone.
In Parliament, I presented the NHS Bill 2015, supported by backbenchers across parties. The Bill was developed by leading public health experts, its principles are backed by the BMA, and it’s seen huge support from medical professionals, the public and campaign groups:http://bit.ly/1AfvGAZ
It seeks to restore the founding principles of the NHS and halt creeping privatisation: http://bit.ly/1AffuQc
It proposes to fully restore the NHS as an accountable public service – with time and flexibility for implementation – and so reversing 25 years of marketisation, for an NHS that is truly public, joined-up, fully protected and free at the point of delivery.
Pavilion resident Debbie on why she loves the NHS
Debbie has been campaigning with 38 degrees to save our NHS - she tells us why it matters to her.
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