Save The NHS - 1st April Campaign

Armchairarmy 1^st Chairborne Division (Twitter Campaign) supporting the NHS
 

·         Over 60 years ago the NHS was created during the aftermath of the 2^nd  World War, (see Archive video below including an interview of William Beveridge) in spite of the country having massive debts. It was started because of an ideal that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth. The central principles were clear: the health service would be available to all and financed entirely from taxation, which meant that every tax payer contributed to it.

·         Along the way there have been many changes but the changes that the present government are intent on bringing about will be huge and devastating.

·         Remember Cameron’s words before the election ‘I'll cut the deficit, not the NHS’ but already there have been more than 50,000 potential job cuts announced across the country.

·         This government like nothing more than using the words ‘freedom’,‘choice’ & ‘liberation’. But don’t be fooled. Just as they want to ‘free’people from the ‘shackles’ of public sector jobs so they can become entrepreneurs, their insistence that their changes will bring patients more choice, is just a cover for their ideological driven policies.

·         Everyone has benfitted in some way from this valuable institution so please join the Armchair Army on 1st April to email the media and fight for our NHS.

On Friday 1^st April the TUC have called for a day of action across the country. Our day of action will be online. Please support us in our online email campaign.

EMAIL CONTACTS: (You may need to copy and past these links into your browser)

TV PROGRAMMES

1 BBC mike.sergeant@bbc.co.uk

2 Have your say bbc.co.uk/haveyoursay

3 ITV Tonight mailto: tonight@itv.com

4 Channel 4 News news@channel4.com

5 Five studio@five.tv

6 Sky news@sky.com & newsonline@bskyb.com

7 Newsnight newsnight@bbc.co.uk

8 Politics Show politicsshow@bbc.co.uk

9 Andrew Marr show http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/andrew_marr_show/8379560.stm (Leave comment)

10 form for This week with Andrew Neal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_week/contact_us/default.stm


NEWSPAPERS:

            11 The Independent
            News:newseditor@independent.co.uk
            Letters: letters@independent.co.uk 

12 The Guardian
News: home@guardian.co.uk
Letters: letters@guardian.co.uk

13 The Morning Star
News: lettersed@peoples-press.com

14 The Evening Standard
Letters: letters@standard.co.uk

15 The New Statesman
editorial@newstatesman.co.uk

16 The Telegraph
Letters: dtletters@telegraph.co.uk

17 The Mirror
Letters: mailbox@mirror.co.uk

18 The Times
News: editor@the-times.co.uk
Letters: letters@the-times.co.uk

19 The Sun
News: editor@the-sun.co.uk
Letters: talkback@the-sun.co.uk

20 The Daily Mail
News: editorial@dailymailonline.co.uk
Letters: letters@dailymail.co.uk

21 The Observer
editor letters@observer.co.uk

If you want to contact your MP and why not? Here’s a useful link to find your MP’s email address: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/