The NHS is Labour's proudest achievement, and the Conservatives' Achilles' heel. With an annual income similar to Denmark's GDP, the largest employer in the developed world has 1.3 million employees. Tony Blair secured the keys to Number 10 in 1997 by exploiting public fears that the Tories can't be trusted on the health service, warning voters they had "24 hours to save the NHS". He repeated the scaremongering to great effect in the next two elections, warning that Tory tax cuts meant NHS cuts.
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How David Cameron can deliver for the NHS - The Telegraph 17th June 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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