“There’s a difficult relationship between the NHS and the Conservative government.” Like there was a difficult relationship between the Titanic and the iceberg.

Typical Tory suggestion that he has done this for personal gain. They are sick.

@brianferguson7840

17 күн бұрын

They are incapable of imagining anyone not sharing their lack of basic morality.

@nickd.6365

17 күн бұрын

It's not that surprising. They make these judgements based on their own moral compass.

@clivet3252

17 күн бұрын

Why else has he done it? You can typical Tory all you like but this guy was a Tory and had no problem before.

@MurphyOCP-001

17 күн бұрын

Because everything a true Tory does is transactional.

@Partyanimal1066

17 күн бұрын

No they’re right.He has done this in order to maximise his chances of being elected.He would rather cross the floor than risk the chance of having to work full time in the nhs.

The Conservatives have almost destroyed the NHS. By the end of the last Labour government the NHS was enjoying record satisfaction with the public. Now dissatisfaction is at record levels.

@user-it7lf7kk8m

17 күн бұрын

You mean the labour government that had the north staffs hospital scandal and others, while brown set up the ruinous public private partnerships that have cost the NHS and taxpayer a fortune? That labour government that spent all the money?

@cassandrabellingham8486

17 күн бұрын

Unfortunately the current Labour Party have already said they won’t reverse the privatisation of our heath service, which is the main cause of its decline.

@andreasstavrinides6980

16 күн бұрын

@@cassandrabellingham8486 It looks as though they will use the private sector to help them bring waiting lists down, and then concentrate on reversing the trend. But I agree with you that it is one of the main reasons for its decline, together with underfunding.

Pity that it took him so many years to see what his "Mates" are really like, and leave the abusive relationship 💔

My dad always said, if you want to know about something ask someone who is qualified and does it for a living. Dr Dan MP knows both ends of the shity stick.

Garnier attributes Poulter's leaving to the problems medical colleagues have had in securing a decent salary. Not a feckin' mention of a health service on its knees. Yet Poulter DID point out how difficult it was to face patients so let down by this appalling government, some of whom may have lost family members or friends because of the massive waiting list. Garnier fails to mention that Poulter also says that to get the NHS off its knees, it will take a Labour government. Well done, Garnier, another reason (as if we need one) for voting against your callous, dogmatic, incompetent government.

@rogerwilco2

17 күн бұрын

Yes his answers are appaling and horribly evasive. He is full of misdirection and untruth.

He really doesn't get it, does he? And claims to be on the "moderate" wing, God help us!

If public sector pay increases casuses issues then get the MP's to fore go their annual pay increase... oh wait not them but other public sector worker 😂😂

Going to Labour rather than stepping down avoids a by election. A leaving gift to his old party?

Why is he working in the nhs when he is being paid tp be an mp?

@clivet3252

17 күн бұрын

This is what I don't get. There's that Labour woman, too. I don't see how you can work two jobs that demand so much.

@Partyanimal1066

17 күн бұрын

Because he earns enough from being an MP so that he doesn’t have to work full time for the NHS.I suspect he will do anything rather than work full time for the NHS despite back in his training years the tax payers paid for his training and much more. He can’t care for his patients that much if he’s willing to take a risk that will decide whether he works for the NHS or not.

Mental that he was a Tory working for the NHS in the first place. Least he finally saw sense.

Basically he's safeguarding his taxpayer funded salary & Pension ??

'Dishonest of me' It's a prerequisite to be dishonest if you're a conservative

This inflation isn’t wage driven, it’s supply side .Basic pint he should have been picked up on.

Welcomed with open arms by the Tory-lite Party.

Which of the stages grief is this man at?

My favourite part was the indignation and horror of his (former) local party chums: "why isn't he going down on the sinking ship with us?!" and "how dare he stand for good morals and clear conscience?! That's not the Tory line!!"

This man is full of horrible excuses and evasive answers. He just sounds like he has a very reluctant relation ot the truth.

And do you not think his patients are giving him a hard time ? They don’t even have to moan to him he can see the lack of Care ! Trust a Tory to blame the workers ! I would love a Tory mp to take a 20% pay cut over the 14 years they have been in power ! Do you think a doctor doesn’t know this fact !

Maybe Dan couldn't look himself in the mirror anymore.

No better time like the precent 😊

Should be a bye election if he has changed party.

@johnbriggs3916

17 күн бұрын

Spelling. In this case, his seat will go to Labour at the Election, and he is standing down anyway. So there is no point.

@TheVicar

17 күн бұрын

Lee Anderson shouted the very same some time ago. Then when he jumped ship to Reform he kept his mouth shut on the matter to keep cashing in

Sadly he is, and has been, my local MP, and I can attest to the fact that he is totally useless. On January 2nd this year, I wrote to him, a month later, having not heard from him, I followed up with a telephone call, I'm still waiting for a response. The best news is that he is leaving politics but, in the meantime, the labour party are welcome to him.

Is he trotting off to the party he believes will be in power very soon? An opportunist!

I think people need to see the flaws in Labour for accepting defecting Tories. How bad of a party must you be to accepting politicians from a failing government?

Bring back Boris

They shouldn't have become an insanely right wing nationalist party. Dr Dan had to work with colleagues in the NHS, not just sit in a Tory bubble. No doubt he wanted to highlight the issue.

@clivet3252

17 күн бұрын

They haven't. Don't be silly. They're more left wing than Labour.

I thought they were talking about Vlad

Trouble for Tories is the hard right will shout & fight the loudest, thou in the minority. The sensible moderates stand down or walk across the floor - this is much more damaging to party as they lose both sense and vast swathes of voters. - Think Charles Walker, Brady, Sharma, Wallace, Heappey, Jarvid, Loughton etc., over 60 Tory MPs standing down. It’s like a battle between terrible toddlers on the right and the older adults leaving the room for some peace & quiet - thou ofc, many would have been due to lose their seats at GE.

He has some deeply troubling views on the NHS

@thedivinemrm5832

17 күн бұрын

Like "it should exist"?

Watching from Lethbridge Alberta Canada 🇨🇦

Rat,

Me thinks Dan Poulter is so terrified that he might have to go back to working full time for the NHS because he otherwise wouldn’t be able to make enough money part time , he would rather do anything ,work for the Labour included,than have to look after our well deserving patients full time.

@Joe-og6br

17 күн бұрын

He's standing down at the next election.....

Does desperate Dan have the face of a man you could trust?????????? Mind you you could easily say the same about most of our MP's.

So, just a "professional politician" then, never a true tory and likely not true labour. What does he do in the NHS ? Management ? (significant contributor to the current nhs problems)

@thedivinemrm5832

17 күн бұрын

He's a doctor of psychiatry. Smarter people than you pay attention.

This should be illegal, He was elected to represent the majority of constituents that voted for him... In this case conservative. Defecting means a betrayal of those constituents, and ignoring the will of the majority. Doesn't matter what persuasion an mp is, or what party he defects to, the law needs changing, whereby, if he felt that strongly, let him resign, then fight his seat in a democratic manner.

No doubt Labour will do there homework and vet this MP to establish his motives. If they are noble he will be acceptable into Labour but hopefully there will be no blank checks.

Cry more, Mark.

Typical doctor views, are we a country with a NHS system or an NHS with a country attached to it!

They should not be allowed to do this. If he wants to be a Labour MP,he should resign his seat and have a by election called so he can stand as a Labour candidate

Just shows that voting for a different party and still get conservative and neo liberalism forever

I think this stinks. Blaming politicians for the state of the healthcare is like blaming them for the weather. The health service is almost totally in control of the consultants

@nickd.6365

17 күн бұрын

And who employs all these consultants, & who is the NHS answerable to?

@TheVicar

17 күн бұрын

Tax payers do not fund how the weather goes. The Tories decide how quickly to destroy the NHS into privatisation for their own profit Do keep up with reality

It just shows how much of a uni party system we have,if it's that easy to flip sides!

Just goes to show what Liebour is getting so glad I’m voting Reform

@brianferguson7840

17 күн бұрын

So you are so sick of the tories that you are going to vote for a party which are 10 times "More Tory" than the actual Tories.😂😂😂😂😂

@PurityVendetta

17 күн бұрын

Great stuff! Nothing warms my heart more than the tories loosing votes to a fringe far right party which is unlikely to gain a single seat. Glad to hear you think a party called Reform uk Ltd is the one for you and the other gammons who identify with the Leeanderthal 😂

@user-it7lf7kk8m

17 күн бұрын

​@@brianferguson7840don't be silly, it is labour that is more Tory but worse

@TheVicar

17 күн бұрын

Thanks for wasting your extreme right wing vote under the FPTP system It will not be missed