Two letters from Andy Burnham concerning Cameron’s lies about A&E waiting times

After the Tories’ censorship of the House of Commons Library article criticising their claims that NHS waiting times had fallen, and Cameron’s own misleading statements to that effect, Andy Burnham has at last challenged the Tories on this. This is, however, just the tip of the iceberg. The whole government is founded on lies and propaganda, the most practiced deceivers being IDS and his cronies in the DWP.

Politics and Insights

1) Andy Burnham calls on UK Statistics Authority to clarify Cameron claims on A&E waiting times

Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, has today written to Sir Andrew Dilnot, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, following claims made by David Cameron in Prime Minister’s Questions on July 2nd and further research by the House of Commons Library published yesterday.

David Cameron has been accused of misleading MPs over A&E waiting times, after a claim he made three times was challenged by the politically neutral House of Commons Library. Cameron’s claim that average waiting times had more than halved under the Coalition was based on “a simplistic reading of the data”.

In a blog on the House of Commons Library website, researcher Carl Baker wrote that A&E data “must be discussed in a way which is useful and informative”. The blog post was removed from the website, with a message in its…

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