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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Irony dies as Tories accuse Labour of using the NHS as a political football

The junior health minister Will Quince and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting
The junior health minister Will Quince and the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, in the Commons on Monday. Photograph: Reuters

Crisis? What crisis? Inflation running at 12%. The economy heading for recession. The UK ranked 38 out of 38 in the most recent OECD forecasts. Now that’s what I call world-beating. The Conservatives’ poll ratings tanking by the hour. Half the country voting for industrial action. It’s harder to find someone not planning to go on strike these days.

So you’d have thought the government would be willing to go that extra mile. To actually have a face-to-face meeting with the unions in an effort to keep public services and infrastructure running. To stop the entropy at the heart of Westminster. But no. Ministers would rather stare helplessly into the headlights. Unable to read the runes.

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