The yanks will love this: Secret letters reveal Labour’s Libyan deal – Times Online 
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6814974.ece
And I would guess that it won’t just be the Americans who will be up in arms…
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I have no idea if it is possible as I don’t profess to be a legal expert. I’m not even sure it would make political sense, but could Gordon Brown sue the medical insurance companies which are spreading -that are for the large part- lies about the NHS?
Surely these untruths come with a cost to our reputation as a nation, damage business relationships and undermine us a tourist destination? The claims make us sound like a backward hellhole of a country.
What is the impact of this on our GDP?
I would love to find out so if anybody knows please put your answers on a postcode to….
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Just when you thought the Americans were just like us Brits, you get a real shock to the system.
The new healthcare reforms in the US, meaning everyone regardless of wealth can access care, are proving a sticky wicket for the president.
The proposals are
‘communism by stealth’, will ‘put politicians in between the people and their doctors’ and is pretty much the end of the world as we know it.
There are demonstrations and in some places violence at town hall rallies.
It just goes to show the power and influence of lobbying and the in-built love of the free market within US society.
The whole situation is funny, frightening, enlightening and remarkable.
Trying to convince the US public that healthcare reforms are in their interest would be a great campaign for a PR man like myself to be involved in. Instead, though, I will watch from the sidelines, via John Stewart. And with the thousands of miles of distance between us and them, I can kick back and enjoy the spectacle on TV.
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