Foreign Aid or Breast Cancer Treatment?

Last year the United Kingdom government sent £280 million in foreign aid payments to India. Why? India is a country that has its own space programme and hosts a Formula 1 Grand Prix.

The pharmaceutical giant Roche offers a breast cancer treatment that costs our NHS £90,000 per treatment. A Herceptin-style drug that can offer some women with advanced breast cancer nearly six months of extra life has been turned down for use in the NHS because of its high cost.

In draft guidance now open to consultation, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) blames the manufacturers, Roche, who are asking for more than £90,000 per patient, which is far more than any comparable treatment.

Argue the pragmatics if you like. But the amount of aid that we send to India could pay for more than 3,000 treatments with this cancer drug for our own people. Is it not time to look to our own first before we send huge sums of money in overseas aid?

I reckon that is almost a rhetorical question....

Being Annoying is now Illegal

The UK government is about to pass legislation which will make any behaviour perceived to potentially 'cause nuisance or annoyance' a criminal offence. The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill also grants local authorities, police and even private security firms sweeping powers to bar citizens from assembling lawfully in public spaces. The Bill has successfully passed through the House of Commons without issue and is now in the latter stages of review by the House of Lords, after which it will receive Royal Assent and become Law. Those who refuse orders under the new rules will face arrest, fines and even prison time.

Read the full article by Scriptonite Daily here: http://www.scriptonitedaily.com/2013/11/11/the-birth-of-a-police-state-uk-police-to-be-granted-sweeping-new-powers-2/

These new powers present the most significant threat to lawful assembly and protest in modern history.

Be concerned, be very concerned....