Another hospital U-Turn from Jedi Jamie

An astonishing item in the North West Evening Mail reveals that Jamie Reed MP has reversed his position about local hospitals in West Cumbria yet again.

When he first stood for election as the Labour candidate in Copeland, he claimed to believe that there was no threat to local hospitals. In April 2005, during the last General Election campaign, he was quoted on the front page of the "Whitehaven News" stating that

"There is no threat whatsoever to West Cumberland Hospital."

In November 2006 when asked on TV's "The Politics Show" if he could guarantee the future of West Cumberland Hospital, Jamie Reed said that he did not think anyone could give such a guarantee.

And then in the House of Commons on 24th July this year he said the following:

"Ever since I can remember, the people of West Cumbria have had to fend off one threat or another to the services provided by their hospital. For more than 20 years now, The Whitehaven News has reported on what has appeared to be a perpetual threat to our hospital services."

So having completely reversed his position from saying two years ago that there is no threat to our hospital services to saying six weeks ago that there has been a threat to them for 20 years, what did he say last week?

He accused David Cameron of making a "sick joke" by suggesting that there is a possibility of service closures at West Cumberland Hospital when he himself had stated in the House of Commons just five weeks previously that there is precisely such a threat.

Does the man imagine that everyone in his constituency who cares about local health services is the kind of gullible twit who doesn't notice all these U-turns?

It's time Jamie Reed made up his mind whether to be the kind of strong local voice who stands up for services in Copeland or a party hack who attacks anything his opponents say even if it is pretty much the same as what he was saying a few weeks before. It is doubly ironic that he uses the words "No one can believe a word he says about the NHS."

If Jedi Jamie said that the grass outside West Cumberland Hospital was green I would advise people to check Marie Burnham hasn't gone out with a spray can and painted it red.

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