NHS row
‘Gordon and Sarah Brown have joined a Twitter campaign to defend the NHS, which is under fire in the US.’ – BBC
‘Gordon
Brown has broken his diplomatic silence over the health reform row
dominating American politics to speak out in defence of the National
Health Service.’ – Nigel Morris, The Independent
‘An
embarrassed Conservative Party leadership was forced to rebuke one of
its MEPs yesterday after he spent the last week on a tour of the United
States rubbishing the NHS in a series of interviews.’ – Nico Hines, The Times
Osborne speech
’Scratch the surface of George Osborne’s speech this week and it
amounted to little more than a few cancelled computers and more heavily
discredited privatisation. The idea that a group of politicians who
have never run anything might now succeed where all their elders and
betters have failed is implausible. Everyone knows that public spending
is cut by cutting functions, not pretending to cut waste.’ – Simon Jenkins and Tony Travers, The Guardian
Repossessions fall
‘The housing market is showing further signs of recovery with the
number of repossessions falling and mortgage arrears levelling off in
the second quarter of the year.’ – Jill Insley, The Guardian