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Waiting for the grander vision to emerge
IT IS no coincidence that the day hundreds of campaigners, trade unionists and socialists came together to launch the People's Convention for the NHS, the Tories rushed forward with promises of a massive cash injection for the health service.
The NHS regularly appears as the public's number one concern in lists compiled by pollsters. It is also the issue on which people are least likely to trust the Conservative Party, and with good reason.
The Tory record on a health service they have opposed since its inception is plain.
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