Don’t mention the relaunch! That will be the motto today as Gordon Brown embarks on his, ahem, new year initiative kicking off with a big speech on health . Cameron is ahead of him: he made his health speech last week. Also Brown is off to India and China later this month (or so they say; Brits are the last to be told about their PM’s plans), where Cameron and Osborne made their visit last month.
Anyway, here are a few thoughts on Brown’s 8.10am Today interview.
1) Health Personalisation of NHS service, he said, will provide the “doctor you want, time you want, hospital you want”. More than 25 years after Thatcher said almost exactly the same (video clip here), the idea is still a dream for most Brits.
2) The agenda He almost jumped down the microphone to announce to the nation the “big choices we may this year” – apparently transport, energy security, housing, “education to 18”.
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