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Locals to take to the
streets in Southport for 'Save our NHS' day
LOCAL people in Southport will be taking to
the streets on Saturday, 28 February 2015, for a day of action to save the NHS.
The day of action, coordinated by campaign group 38 Degrees, will be meeting at:- MakeItWorkshop, Cambridge Walks, at 11am, and is open to all.
They will join more than 9,000 other members of 38 Degrees protesting on the
same day across the UK.
631 people in the area have already signed a petition to all of the candidates
standing to be an MP in Southport in May's general election. The petition asks
each candidate to commit to protect the NHS from privatisation, make sure it has
the funding it needs, and keep the NHS out of the TTIP trade deal with the US.
Paul Bradshaw, a 38 Degrees member from Southport, said:- "The NHS was
involved in bringing me into the world, it has taken care of me when I have been
sick, has cared for my family when they have needed it, I want to make sure I am
doing all I can to support the NHS at a time of great threat. The Westminster
politicians have lost touch with public opinion. We want the NHS to remain a
publicly owned organisation, focussed on healthcare, not profit. That's why I'll
be working to organise this Saturday to spread the word about our campaign and
collect signatures on our local petition. Southport's day of action will show
our MP candidates that if they want to sell off or run down our NHS, they'll
have a fight on their hands."
David Babbs, executive director of 38 Degrees said:- "This day of action
should send a clear message to politicians: you're being watched by millions of
us fighting to protect our NHS. The NHS is the best healthcare system in
the world, and it belongs to all of us. But too many politicians have ignored
the doctors and nurses on the frontline. They've turned their back on the
principle of an NHS owned by all of us and working to save lives, rather than to
make money. People in Southport will be standing with thousands of people
across the country to say that we love our NHS too much to let it be sold off to
the highest bidder."
The local petition to save the NHS is at:-
38Degrees.Org.UK/NHS.
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