Dying hospital patient phoned switchboard begging for a drink after nurses

Seeded on Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:10 AM EDT (the Mail online)

The tendency to look across the pond in envy of a healthcare system few took time to research has led the uninformed to cheerlead our own descent into the abyss. This is what we now have to look forward to.

health, healthcare, nhs, health-insurance-reform, british-healthcare

Otterly fabulous: The artist who has been painting his furry friends for 20

Seeded on Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:33 AM EST (the Mail online)

Hey folks - Just wanted to start your week off with a smile.

book, nature, odd-news, smile, artist, scotland, otters, bi-partisan, non-confrontational

Secret court seizes £3.2bn from elderly... and even forces furious families

Seeded on Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:51 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Coming soon to a government near you. The rush to replicate British and European failures by the bedazzled in this country amazes. The evidence is right before their eyes and still they do not see.

politics, government, communism, nanny-state, loss-of-freedom, socialism, facisim

Forgetful patients to be fitted with microchips to remind them to take thei

Seeded on Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:23 AM EDT (the Mail online)

No worries, eh?

world-news

I can see you daddy! Barack Obama gets a sneaky visit from daughter Sasha i

Seeded on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:15 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Replicating both JFK and Putin? Oh, my.

white-house, politics, jfk, obama, putin, propaganda, sasha, poitics, press-photos, imatating

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The NHS should not be a sacred cow

Seeded on Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:30 AM EDT (the Mail online)

This commentary raises many good points that need to be addressed in the pending bill. My main concern is the instant gratification mentality that pervades this Congress and the supporters of the Healthcare Bill.

politics, liberal, republican, democrat, conservative, nhs, partisanship, healthcare-bill

Michael Jackson Fatigue

Mon Jul 6, 2009 9:04 AM EDT

Now they are going to televise his 'Memorial Service'. Memorial Service? Circus, more like.

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Don't look down: Terrifying view from glass box balcony jutting out from sk

Seeded on Thu Jul 2, 2009 1:03 PM EDT (the Mail online)

I got butterflies in my stomach just looking at this.

The modern troubadours who sing for their supper

Seeded on Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:41 AM EDT (Telegraph)

Summer approaches and a timeout is in order. Go outside, breathe the air, take a walk, reconnect with people and actually listen to them.

Top British judge accuses Human Rights Court of creating

Seeded on Sun Apr 5, 2009 5:25 AM EDT (the Mail online)

We are not the only ones who fear for our sovereignty. The countries already involved with the EU can attest to the totalitarian nature of this body. When the referendum was put to the vote in Ireland they voted against joining.

politics, international-law, obama, sovereignty

An internet sensation, the Tory who told Brown to his face he's a disaster

Seeded on Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:38 AM EDT (the Mail online)

We are sailing on the same tide, with the same results to be expected. It is refreshing to see an able politician deliver a brilliant speech with out need for a teleprompter.

economy, politics, teleprompter, debt-burden, reckless-spending

Hartford Conservative Examiner: Legislatures putting those Catholics in their place

Seeded on Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:19 AM EDT (Examiner)

This is receiving virtually no coverage in the MSM. It is an outrage with repercussions for all of us.

politics, seperation-of-church-and-state, government-intervention, trampling-the-constitution

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Celebrate gay history. P-p-pick up a penguin

Seeded on Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:39 AM EDT (the Mail online)

This is my continuing effort to bring to the fore stories from Britain that are signposts for the road we are embarking upon. Political correctness gone mad and dummied down education that speeds the proliferation of mediocrity are but two issues that face us.

politics, political-correctness, indoctrination, gay-and-lesbian, welfare-benefits

Life prolonging cancer drugs to be banned because they cost too much

Seeded on Thu Mar 5, 2009 7:26 AM EST (the Mail online)

This is an example of Universal Healthcare. Be careful what you wish for.

health

MAX HASTINGS: Why public sector pay and perks are immune from the recession

Seeded on Thu Mar 5, 2009 7:21 AM EST (the Mail online)

Once again, we have only to cast a glance across the pond to understand where we are headed and why we shouldn't want to go there.

MPs' fury as U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy gets honorary knighthood for Northern

Seeded on Wed Mar 4, 2009 8:18 AM EST (the Mail online)

I love this. The Democrats, who are engineering class warfare, is the only party that will now have a Lord.

politics

SUZANNE MOORE: Joni Mitchell was right, you don't know what you've got till

Seeded on Sun Mar 1, 2009 7:22 AM EST (the Mail online)

There are many who believe the government should take care of them from cradle to grave, that point to Britain as a success story. you couldn't be more wrong.

politics

ANDREW ALEXANDER: Beware when the angry mob is middle class

Seeded on Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:48 AM EST (the Mail online)

Ireland experienced it last weekend - 120,000 in Dublin. I find it well within the realm of possiblity that, we too, are in for a summer of discontent.

world-news

How politics works: Senator Christopher Dodd and his cosy Irish cottage

Seeded on Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:26 AM EST (Telegraph)

The claims that rich Republicans do not care about America does wear thin, particularly when I come across evidence that rich Democrats prefer to spend their the money, that we have paid them, taken out of this country to benefit another.

us-news

NHS computerised records scheme 'caused heartache', says hospital boss

Seeded on Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:44 AM EST (Telegraph)

The proponents of universal healthcare and the national healthcare database often cite Britain as an example. For that reason, I will be seeding articles from that source.

politics

Almost half of maternity wards 'turn away woman in labour'

Seeded on Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:30 AM EST (Telegraph)

This is one of the effects of government run healthcare. Instead of being administered by healthcare professionals it is at the mercy of whatever political party is dominant at any given time

politics