Another day, another Tory lie
Despite being in office for the last 10 years, apparently ist's Labours fault that the "targets" (something officially scrapped by the Tories) for NHS waiting times are at their worst level since they took office, despite generally getting worse year on year since they were elected in 2010.

Too busy concentration on what Labour "is going to spend" and now, their representative has "done a Javid" and failed to show for another political TV debate.

They were a disgrace under May but, have actually gone backwards under their blue eyed "saviour" Joke leader and becoming a joke party.
Seems like Boris is joining the Tory "no show" brigade after bottling his Bakery visit as well.

Just as politics gets interesting the Tories seem to have developed a soft yellow underbelly.

The first sign of anything not resembling a cushy camera opportunity and they're gone, all of them.
I thought they were supposed to have some steel and backbone

Of course you cant expect anything of Boris, especially in 3 months but, even you must see the pattern that is forming.
Anything that is difficult or, looks like it could be awkward, they are literally running and hiding - can you possibly imagine Thatcher doing that ?

They are so full of poo that their "principles" unravel in seconds. So fearful of confrontation, they now appear to be running scared.

The is still plenty to happen with the Brexit-Con alliance too.

Again, despite all of the denials, it's absolutely clear that their is some serious bargaining going on behind the scenes between the 2? parties and Farage is likely to get the hump.
" weeks ago, he was fielding 600+ candidates, within a fortnight that has halves and the Tories only want him to target 40/50 seats, to give them a "free run" at the rest. Mind you, post election, he could still hold the balance of power and that wont be too pleasant for anyone other than hard line right wing Brexiteers.

Further lies - world renowned smirker Priti Patel has today stated that the Tories will 'reduce' immigration, but has carefully avoided any targets; which given that they failed year on year to deliver any of their previous 'targets' - is probably a wise move. She simultaneously used some more made-up figures about what migration would be under a Labour government, based on another set of fantasy projections from their busy fake news dept.

It's a woeful campaign by the Tories so far - their promises are being debunked almost before they make them.

Bren, if the Tories are blaming Labour for the NHS failure to hit it's targets, surely, the immigration numbers have to also be the fault of Labour

Despite calling the Election when they were 12-14 points ahead in the polls, they seem to running an increasingly desperate campaign.
The lies, smears and no shows are happening with increasing regularity and with Brexitcon alliance still in disarray, the election is wide open and it increasingly looks like we're heading for a hung Parliament.
At what point will Boris go and find a ditch or be put in one by his own party, when they realise that he is just as much of a wind bag as May, someone who at least tried to tell the truth.
You are right about how "well" their campaign is going - lets hope it carries on being so "effective".

Well before we a lovely Tory "fundamental rethink", how about we try spending as much as the average other civilised countries spend of their GDP on healthcare and see how it goes. The NHS, even with the excess bureaucracy built into it over years of target setting and rubbish like internal markets, is a remarkably efficient user of what resources we give it.

Both sides are as bad - the fact you seem incapable of pointing out Labour's lies does your argument no favours. The £500m a day is an out and out lie when you consider on 10% of drugs come from the US.

Labour's issue on the NHS is the shadow minister - Ashworth is weak very weak

Time and again Labour will not commit to an immigration policy - you can't say whether the Tory figures are correct or not because Labour simply will not be honest about their policy. Laura Pidcock when asked by Neil in BBC2 and Robinson on R4 refuses to confirm if the vote at the conference would be in the manifesto - perhaps some honesty from Labour would help?

I think most would suggest the waste in the NHS is huge as is the abuse of the service by its customers. Perhaps a reduction of both would help the funds go further. The question is are we all willing to be taxed higher to support it or would we better investing in insurance to get treatment when we want it outside of the service?

I see your Priti Patel and raise you Emily Thornberry. 8.73291015625:10