WITHOUT a doubt, the single-most important aspect for voters in the UK is our NHS. Yet we are in grave danger of seeing this jewel in our crown sold off to foreign companies, under a controversial EU and US trade deal.
This deal would let US firms sue any future government that tries to re-nationalise any part of the NHS that has been sold off.
Once this deal goes through the NHS will be left with the non-profitable parts, after US and EU firms have cherry-picked the best bits.
How can David Cameron tell us that the NHS is safe in his hands, then even contemplate being part of any such deal?
And the silence from MPs of all parties is deafening.
Surely we cannot stumble blindly into this deal, and lose a health service that is still the envy of the world.
We need answers from MPs of all parties, and we need them now.
Brian Derbyshire Ribchester Grove Bolton
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