Went to speak at the rally outside the Whittington Hospital. Hurrah! It’s saved – for now. But we must remain vigilant. Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for health came down too to speak.

There never was a case for closure. No proper analysis. No community facilities available to take the 35,000 people who could be treated outside of an A&E. No room at the Royal Free for the 45,000 who would still need A&E. No rigorous analysis of cost benefits. No rigorous analysis of travel. It was the worst presented case for change – ever!

And it happened because unelected, undemocratic quangos executing Labour Government instructions think we are just nothing. They make paper solutions that just don’t fit real peoples’ lives. Same as when Labour closed our local sub-post offices. They don’t seem to understand that public services should be based on our needs, our wants -not their charts and graphs.

Let’s hope Liberal Democrats are the ones who will take our health services forward – that way we would know that never again would we have to be dictated to and have the very fabric of our lives threatened by faceless bureaucrats.

Thank you to all the people – who are the stars of this success. Let power flow back to local people and let’s listen to the  doctors and nurses who know so much about what makes our health service work!