Gove short changes NHS by £250M a week

Michael Gove says he will give the NHS an extra £100m a week, that means he has short changed the NHS by £250m a week. What a liar.

Reply 1

Sisuphos

As I understand it, his pledge is to give the NHS an extra £100m a week by 2020. Which would have happened anyway.

Reply 2

username1799249

Original post by Maker

Michael Gove says he will give the NHS an extra £100m a week, that means he has short changed the NHS by £250m a week. What a liar.

My understanding was that he never had £350 million a week to give away in the first place.

Reply 3

Maker

Original post by ByEeek

My understanding was that he never had £350 million a week to give away in the first place.

He is not even PM and he has already broken a promise, he has also promised to reduce EU immigration but how much of that is a lie as well.

Reply 4

TheCryingRemain

Politicians lying? Never, you must be dreaming. :wink:

Reply 5

Iknowbest

When did he state he would give £350million.. be interesting to see because I can't stand him!

Reply 6

Alfissti

Let's hope he gives it not by taking away something else.

Reply 7

Maker

Original post by Iknowbest

When did he state he would give £350million.. be interesting to see because I can't stand him!

On a bus
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=brexit+bus&rlz=1CAACAH_enGB634GB634&tbm=isch&imgil=UWexNzIChFNXAM%253A%253BuhhksLEdUpo8LM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fleftfootforward.org%25252F2016%25252F05%25252Fboris-johnsons-brexit-bus-is-peddling-a-lie-we-dont-send-eu-350m-a-week%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=UWexNzIChFNXAM%253A%252CuhhksLEdUpo8LM%252C_&usg=__BvD47guSo5qZ5Ad3kgdQ5b1hHfE%3D&biw=1366&bih=631&ved=0ahUKEwjuruiMwNTNAhUnDMAKHYsoA-kQyjcIMg&ei=8I13V-72OqeYgAaL0YzIDg#imgrc=UWexNzIChFNXAM%3A

Reply 8

1420787

I really wanted someone to shout out "Will that be inflation-adjusted Michael?" or similar.

Reply 9

1420787

Original post by Maker

If you had taken a look at the inside of the fuel cap with a magnifying glass you'd have seen the disclaimer:

*Views expressed by this bus are entirely its own, and do not reflect the views of anyone on it.

Reply 10

username1204031

Original post by Iknowbest

When did he state he would give £350million.. be interesting to see because I can't stand him!

Do you have amnesia?

Ohh this bus? The one that says.. Let's fund our NHS instead? So this is your reason?

Reply 13

username1799249

Original post by Iknowbest

When did he state he would give £350million.. be interesting to see because I can't stand him!

This. Read what it says on his battle bus.

http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1016981/stream_img.jpg

Reply 14

The Roast

Original post by Iknowbest

Ohh this bus? The one that says.. Let's fund our NHS instead? So this is your reason?

To be fair, it doesn't say let's fund the NHS with £350 million.

To me it just says they'll use some of the £350 million to fund the NHS.

Reply 15

Iknowbest

Original post by JordanL_

Do you have amnesia?

No.. why?

Reply 16

Zerforax

Original post by offhegoes

I really wanted someone to shout out "Will that be inflation-adjusted Michael?" or similar.

Agreed - nothing clear about whether this is a real increase or just a further lie where inflation eats into any increase.

Reply 17

1420787

Original post by The Roast

To be fair, it doesn't say let's fund the NHS with £350 million.

To me it just says they'll use some of the £350 million to fund the NHS.

In that case please give me £20 for basic food rations this week.

Some of it may go towards food, some of it may be spent on a new guitar. But that isn't really important.

Reply 18

username521617

Gove never strictly made a pledge of £350m for the NHS. Firstly, the Leave campaign couldn't actually have any say in government spending in the first place (it could only give suggestions, arguments and recommendations), and secondly "We send £350 million to the EU each week, let's fund our NHS instead" doesn't necessarily say all of that money will go towards the NHS. I always imagined it would be put towards other things too, unless should they have listed absolutely everything, down to the spending of each individual pound, on the side of that bus?