Copeland Labour candidate's car crash interview on NHS spending

Ed Miliband's Labour candidate for Copeland, who is a shadow health minister, had a car crash interview with Andrew Neil today in which he was unable to explain clearly whether the extra £2.5 billion promised by Labour was a contribution towards the £8 billion funding gap in the NHS which the Conservatives have promised to meet. (Labour have refused to match this commitment.)

Then he was unable to answer basic questions about the "Mansion Tax" which is supposed to fund the money Labour is proposing to spend on the NHS. He said that independent experts has backed Labour's estimate of how much money this would raise: Andrew Neil asked him several times which independent experts and he repeatedly avoided giving any answer.

Andrew Neil was still trying to get an answer when the line to Carlisle was cut off. Unkind people were wondering if a friend of the Labour candidate cut him off to avoid further embarrassment ...



And while I'm talking about the needs of the NHS in Copeland, #SupportOption1

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Jim said…
"independent experts" have also reviwed the UKIP manifesto and costed it perfectly.

even though UKIP manage to spend the foreign aid bugdget in it 8 times over.

whilst it would be nice to live in a world where you get paid, and then spend every pound you earn 8 times, that's not the world we live in.

Labour dont see that, UKIP dont see that, hell even the conservative party dont seem to see that. none of them do, you can only spend that which you earn once, otherwise you run a deficit and can only borrow to fund it, and thats why we still have a deficit.

You want to clear a deficit, well fine, here is a first step simple solution, stop blooming spending it.
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