Blaming everything and everybody except himself for the NHS crisis, Stephen Barclay should look in a mirror and see who is to blame: the Conservatives.
The Tories’ reckless, dangerous austerity squeezed the life out of the health service for a decade and even the extra money going in now is still historically low.
Waiting lists were lengthening and treatment targets were being missed well before the pandemic hit. And which party, in power since 2010, failed to solve social care and has again put it on the back burner?
