Moral panics about imaginary secret plans to privatise the National Health Service are a time-honoured British tradition – so much … Continue reading “NHS “privatisation” – the failed conspiracy theory that never dies”

On 8 February 2022, the King’s College London Conservative Association and the King’s College London Labour Society co-hosted a debate … Continue reading “Motion: Should the NHS be privatised?”

I sometimes wonder whether some of the Guardian’s regular contributors secretly despise their readers, given how easily they believe obvious … Continue reading “Beware the false prophets of NHS “privatisation””

The citations below are (with one exception) all from major national newspapers or magazines (such as the Guardian/Observer, the Independent … Continue reading “The Great NHS Privatisation Quiz”

The NHS is being privatised. Everybody knows that. Or at least, every Twitter user does, because Twitter regularly talks itself … Continue reading “If there is a “secret plan” to privatise the NHS – it is not working terribly well”

On Sunday evening, Twitter exploded with rage. That, admittedly, doesn’t mean much. If you have ever been on Twitter, you … Continue reading “Calm down, Guardian: the NHS is (still) not being privatised”

At last Saturday’s “NHS in Crisis – Emergency Day of Protest” event in London, one of the speakers said: “The … Continue reading “The enduring fantasy of secret NHS privatisation”