Day: July 11, 2017

    Theresa May has announced an inquiry into the use of contaminated blood products in the NHS that killed thousands of people in the 1970s and 80s. At least 2,400 people throughout the UK are thought to have died after being given blood products infected with hepatitis C and HIV. The announcement from Jeremy Hunt follows a campaign from former Labour minister Andy Burnham and a joint letter calling for a public inquiry from the leaders of the six opposition parties. Earlier this week, Andy Burnham said he was prepared to go the police if the Government failed to act on the scandal. He said: I’ve got extensive evidence that’s been sent to me by many victims of serious crimes in my view falsification of medical records, people being tested for hepatitis C, HIV without their kn...

    Theresa May has suspended a Eurosceptic Conservative MP who described leaving the EU without a deal as the “real n----r in the woodpile. The decision means that the Conservative party's working majority – which includes the backing from the Democratic Unionist Party - in the House of Commons falls to 12. Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton Abbott, in Devon, made the remark during a meeting of Eurosceptics in central London. The Prime Minister, who is holding onto a fragile Tory majority, acted three hours after the comments were published on the Huffington Post's website. Inconceivable for an MP using tht expression 2 be incognisant of its history, impact & complete unacceptability.So ashamed! #AnneMarieMorris She said: I was shocked to hear of these remarks, which ar...