Save Our Hospitals

I loathe our government.

Don’t get me wrong – I understand why austerity.  But austerity which penalises the poor, which closes hospitals, makes going to university an impossible dream, crams schools, slashes support for the elderly and the infirm – this isn’t austerity.  This is an attack on anyone too poor to afford private healthcare, too poor for their parents to pay for their education – this is an attack on the vast majority of the population of this country, executed by a government whose policies are led by bigoted ideology, not care for the welfare of the people.

So a couple of days ago I was walking through Holloway, and ran into a protest to save the Whittington Hospital from government cuts.  To which I say… yes.  It may only be one battle at a time, but yes.  It’s a fight worth having.