Monday's Evening Times ran an article on health issues in the upcoming elections. It highlights the proposed hospital downgrades and mentions the campaigns of Jean Turner, David Smith and myself. Read it here.
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Hello. Sadly, and wrongfully, the press don't seem to care about parties only standing in the regional lists - with the exception of the Greens, SSP and Tommy Sheridan's fan club.
I represent a group of campaigners (I personally led one anti-cuts campaign and have been involved in others) who are standing in the West of Scotland Regional List. (Save our NHS Group) We weren't expecting to win (although it was a possibility given Jean Turner's success) but we wanted to highlight the issues affecting the NHS in this area - services are being decimated from Vale of Leven to Stobhill. The lack of media attention (even from the local papers) hasn't helped and we feel like second-class candidates. We mainly wanted to raise the profile of our campaign but this can only happen if the media's obsession towards the main parties is overcome.
The media seem more interested in the rather insignificant issue of independence and the fight between Labour and the SNP.
We wish you well...we do need more people standing up for our NHS and telling the truth about the policies that are undermining it. Hopefully people will see that the main parties are virtually redundant of positive ideas on health and that the NHS is safe with neither of them. However, surely there's more unity in standing together than as scattered independents...what scope is there for increased co-operation between campaigners after the election?
I sympathise with your difficulty in getting publicity; health is very underreported just now and I think the big papers are only just beginning to click how serious this really is. Have a look at the Scottish Health Campaign Network site and see what you think. Jean, David and myself are all in it; we are not as scattered as you think! Maybe you would like to come along to our meeting after the election; we do all need to stand together. All the best for the election.
5 comments:
Hello. Sadly, and wrongfully, the press don't seem to care about parties only standing in the regional lists - with the exception of the Greens, SSP and Tommy Sheridan's fan club.
I represent a group of campaigners (I personally led one anti-cuts campaign and have been involved in others) who are standing in the West of Scotland Regional List. (Save our NHS Group) We weren't expecting to win (although it was a possibility given Jean Turner's success) but we wanted to highlight the issues affecting the NHS in this area - services are being decimated from Vale of Leven to Stobhill. The lack of media attention (even from the local papers) hasn't helped and we feel like second-class candidates. We mainly wanted to raise the profile of our campaign but this can only happen if the media's obsession towards the main parties is overcome.
The media seem more interested in the rather insignificant issue of independence and the fight between Labour and the SNP.
We wish you well...we do need more people standing up for our NHS and telling the truth about the policies that are undermining it. Hopefully people will see that the main parties are virtually redundant of positive ideas on health and that the NHS is safe with neither of them. However, surely there's more unity in standing together than as scattered independents...what scope is there for increased co-operation between campaigners after the election?
hi Andrew,
I sympathise with your difficulty in getting publicity; health is very underreported just now and I think the big papers are only just beginning to click how serious this really is.
Have a look at the Scottish Health Campaign Network site and see what you think. Jean, David and myself are all in it; we are not as scattered as you think! Maybe you would like to come along to our meeting after the election; we do all need to stand together.
All the best for the election.
Julie
Only a week to go. Best wishes for election day.
Hi Julie,
Sounds very good...agree we need to stand together...I would like to attend the meeting after the election (when hopefully some of us will be MSPs!)
Good luck for these last days in the run up to the election.
Keep up the good work.
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