I’m going to start up blogging again properly next week, but in the meantime I’ve added to my website an article I wrote about David Cameron (and Gordon Brown) just before Christmas:
For Conservative supporters, I guess this might sound a hopeful comparison – after all, Carter led the Democrats, who had previously lost twice in a row, to an election victory against an opposition disgraced by scandal. But it’s the manner of Carter’s campaign that makes the comparison interesting for me – and less hopeful for Conservatives.
You can read the full article here.
Lynne Featherstone 
great article. I’m curious about your position on foundation status hospitals, does your party support foundation status hospital, where local people have a greater say in their own healthcare and that of their community? I would recall comments expressed by former Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary Steve Webb MP saying, “more foundation hospitals could spell more problems for the NHS.”As a patient myself, my own reflections are that such hospital systems with foundation status create accountability to patients, public participation and provide staff to better engage with service-users. Speaking from experience, such systems have been specifically designed to respond to the needs of the local population, particularly reaching out to the hard to reach groups i.e pensioners and young people. In addition, there are also governor schemes would promote more transparency and greater involvement in the day to day decision making of particular hospital. The Lib Dems would prefer to maintain the Healthcare Authorities ensuring only executives, professionals and politicians, like yourself, decide what ought to be done for us…… I do not support this approach, both as a patient and member of your local community.
Looks to me like you’ve answered your own question with that quote?
I have? How anonymous?
How wanted to know Lynne’s opinion on the topic and why the party feel foundation status hospitals would not work?
You asked for the Liberal Democrat view – and you quoted a Liberal MP giving it.
Sure, but how will it spell more problems for the NHS? Why are the faults within the foundation mechanism? hahahah You can’t just be against something and not specifically explain why hahaha? I ‘hate’ politicians that say “I don’t agree or it won’t work or it is not suitable or it is a problem, but never explaining why they dislike this or that etc etc etc?What is Lynne’s position on it? Let us aquire her own opinion, as she has experience with the NHS. lynne, notify me and Anonymous about your reflections, we are keen to know them?
I put “foundation hospitals” in the search box at the top of this page and found plenty of answers (also much quicker than posting all those questions!!!!)PS Who are the “we” and “us” you keep on talking about?
Hello Gil, I not interested in google opinion. Any Tim, Bob or Dave can say many things about it. I want the political position, particularly the person that has been elected to serve me? unfortunately, google is not my elected representative.MashP.S. What you and us?
Mash – Gillian was I think pointing out that if you use the search box on this page it will give you lots of results about what *Lynne* has said on this blog and on her website about foundation hospitals. (It searches her blog and website, not the whole internet).