Tory MP dismissed concerns about NHS privatisation as “complete tosh”

Just as the Department for Health announced that Health Act regulations will be rewritten to prevent the wholesale extension of privatisation, Mike Freer, MP for Finchley and Golders Green replied to a constituent on Twitter that:

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Of course, if that were true, why was the government forced into a u-turn on the Health Act?

Freer also dismissed 38 Degrees as biased and “whipping up scares” and re-tweeted a comment attacking them for “bleating on about precious NHS”. When asked about the u-turn on the s75 regulations, Freer did not respond.

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