The Writings of Secret Squirrel
As one of our more prolific contributors, we have decided to give more space to Secret Squirrel so that his thoughts and propositions can be fully veiwed and discussed: Here is the first of many to come.
Secret Squirrel has passed on some thoughts on the unfair treatment that English taxpayers receive under Labour.
See below:
Divided Kingdom: English foot the bill for Scots prescriptions
By KIRSTY WALKER and JENNY HOPE -
"English taxpayers are to foot the bill for Scots to have free prescriptions.
Chronically-ill patients north of the border will not have to pay a penny for their drugs from April.
And the Scottish National Party plans to extend the benefit to all within four years.
The move, which will cost English taxpayers £50 million a year, is seen as deliberate provocation by the SNP, which ousted Labour last month and wants to break up the historic union between England and Scotland.
Prescription drugs
English taxpayers are to foot the bill for Scots to have free prescriptions
It revived demands for an end to the total £22 billion "subsidy" paid to Scotland, creating a divided nation.
Scotland receives about £1,500 a year per head more than England to spend on schools and hospitals, an arrangement which has infuriated English MPs and prompted demands for Gordon Brown - himself a Scot - to order a Treasury review.
Among the many benefits enjoyed by the Scots are:
• Free tuition fees for all students from 2009, while students in England and Wales must pay up to £3,000 a year for their studies.
• Access to expensive state- oftheart drugs for illnesses such as Alzheimer's and eye disease, which are not available on the NHS in England.
• Free personal care for the elderly
• Free central heating installation for all pensioners
• Free eye tests and, by the end of the year, free dental checks
• Better rates of public sector pay for nurses and other workers.
• Discounted bus travel for teenagers and free travel for pensioners Prescription charges have already been abolished in Wales, where they ended in April, with politicians claiming that it was "the biggest move to improve public health in decades".
But in England, the charges have recently risen by 3 per cent to £6.85 per item." (End excerpt from Daily Mail)
So, since Labour has provided all this for Scotland, I propose that we in The M.R.L., simply provide for the British people what is provided to Scotland,in all equity,equality and fairness.We will endeavour to provide the British people equality with the people of Scotland.
Secret Squirrel.
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