Today: NHS crunch vote
Wednesday, 22 February, 2012 10:56
From: "David Babbs - 38 Degrees" < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Today's vote could be tight.
More and more government MPs are saying they may vote the right way.
Yesterday evening one Conservative MP admitted keeping the risk report secret looks "suspicious" and is a "toxic issue".
Meanwhile more than a dozen Lib Dem MPs have broken ranks and signed up in support.
We've got a few more hours until the vote. A surge of emails now could tip the balance.
Click here to send your MP an email now: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/nhs-risk-report
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Dear Friend,
This Wednesday, there's a crunch NHS vote in Parliament.
MPs will vote on whether to demand the publication of a secret government report into the risks facing the NHS.
That could be another nail in the coffin of Andrew Lansley's plans - so let's pile the pressure on our MPs to vote the right way.
Right now, Andrew Lansley is in a tricky position to defend. He wants MPs and Lords to back his plans for the NHS.
But he's refusing to let them find out what the risks are. If we work together to put our MPs under pressure, there's a decent chance they'll refuse to do Lansley's dirty work for him.
This vote could go either way - send your MP an email asking them to back publishing the secret report - it takes two minutes:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/nhs-risk-report
The vote will take place on Wednesday afternoon.
That means we've got just over 48 hours to convince enough MPs to vote to publish the secret report.
The more of us that email our MPs right now, the more likely we are to succeed.
38 Degrees members, doctors, nurses and academics have all been warning for ages that Lansley's plans put our health service at risk.
We know there's a secret report that could prove that we're right - so let's work together to get this report published before it's too late.
Write to your MP and tell them to vote the right way at the risk report debate on Wednesday:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/nhs-risk-report
Thanks for being involved,
David, Johnny, Hannah, Marie, Cian, Becky and the 38 Degrees team
PS. Nearly 45,000 of us have now signed up to join The Big Switch, our attempt to drive down gas and electricity prices by bargaining with the power companies as a group.
That's got to be a record! If you haven't joined in yet, you can do so here: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/the-big-switch
