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Them dirty MPs


Last Friday, a group of MPs killed off a new law that could have achieved everything 38 Degrees members want for our NHS: protecting it from profit-driven companies and stopping government cuts. [1] Their trick? Talking for so long that they ran out of time for a debate - it's known as "filibustering".

38 Degrees member Mike has had enough. He's campaigning to get the dodgy trick banned. Just last year, a group of MPs looked into filibustering and said it should be stopped. [2] They’ve been ignored so far - and last week our NHS suffered as a result.

If we want an end to this dodgy practice, it's not enough for just a few MPs to be speaking out. Thousands of us signing Mike's petition will prove that this is an issue the public cares about too. That much pressure could be enough to finally change things in Westminster.

If you agree that Parliament should be a place for proper debate, not time-wasting tactics, then please sign the petition now:

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ ... =nhsblast2

What was the new "law"?

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Grandad,

Protecting the NHS from Private Companies making massive profits off the back of the NHS.

That is what you wanted the law to do. What was the actual bill that was being put forward?

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Grandad,

The National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997

Now I am really confused. That is already an act of parliament so what were they trying to do? Amend the act? Repeal the act?

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Grandad,

Try reading the PETITION tory boy its outlined in detail your scum party's corrupt loading of their pockets and destroying the NHS

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No doubt selling more of the NHS off, phone your mate Dave I'm sure he'll fill you in.