The 300 parents teachers and children who lobbied North Down council this evening received a kick in the teeth when the DUP controlled council (including 3 DUP MLAs) rejected a proposal to continue negotiations with the SEELB on the provision of a new primary school and agreed to sell the site to a private developer. Bangor Central Integrated is a wonderful school and is always oversubscribed but requires new buildings. In their Assembly manifesto just months ago the DUP promised their support for a new school.

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It is sickening to see peers from Northern Ireland lining up to support this legislation which will effectively spell the end of the NHS in England.

Yesterday’s vote by the peers to reject  Lord Owens call for a full  examination the long term implications of this Bill  is disgraceful as ignores the representations from the BMA and objections from the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of G.P’s.

Is it morally right that Lords Alderdice, Ballyendmond, Kilclooney, Trimble and Maginnis should vote for such an important piece of legislation which will destroy the NHS in England when it will not affect the people of Northern Ireland? Continue reading “Unionists Support NHS Privatisation?” »