Not a charity: but Captain Tom Moore’s fundraising efforts encourage us to think that’s what the NHS is. Now, why would the Tories and their poodle media want us to think that?
Why is a 99-year-old war veteran having to do laps of his own garden in order to raise money for the UK’s National Health Service?
Why is the government not funding the NHS properly?
Why is nobody asking that fundamental question?
Yes, it is wonderful that Captain Moore is making the effort but it should never have been necessary.
And the fact that the BBC and other news media have jumped on it as a “heartwarming” story only emphasises the fact that they are trying to distract us.
What’s that? Did you ask what they’re distracting us from?
They’re distracting us from the fact that the Conservatives were told to buy equipment including personal protective equipment and ventilators in 2016, after testing the NHS’s ability to deal with a pandemic – and didn’t.
They’re distracting us from the fact that the Conservatives could have bought this equipment when the pandemic was first reported – and didn’t.
They’re distracting us from the fact that they could still buy this equipment now – but won’t.
They’re distracting us from the fact that proper treatment of the coronavirus pandemic requires mass testing – but the Tories are managing only 35,000 a day – reluctantly.
They’re distracting us from the fact that, while a disease doesn’t discriminate between people, society does – which is why people from ethnic minorities are three times more likely to die of the virus than white people.
And they’re distracting us from the fact that, while a disease doesn’t discriminate, society does – which is why poor people are more likely to die than the very rich.
They will keep trying to find ways to distract us until they decide enough of us have died.
Fundraising hero Captain Tom Moore has been assessed as fit to work by the Department of Work and Pensions it has emerged.
The 99-year-old war veteran who has raised in excess of £14m for the NHS by completing 100 laps of his garden will have his state pension and other benefits withdrawn.
“Anyone who is fit enough to go round his garden 100 times is clearly fit for work,” said Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey.
Source: DWP declares Captain Tom Moore fit for work
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