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The Conservative website is, by default, an English website
David Cameron has pledged to support children's hospices in England. Good. And I say that without my usual cynicism.
But as usual the press release made no mention of the fact that this was an announcement about England.
Dear Mr Lansley,
I welcome the fact that you have pledged £10M to fund childrens' hospices.
From your press release it is unclear as to whether this is £10M for childrens' hospices in England or £10M across the whole UK.
Ensuring proper funding for children's hospices
Please could you tell me whether this £10M is pledged for England or the UK?
Many thanks,
Gareth
Many thanks for your email to Mr Lansley. I can confirm that it is for England.
kind regards
ConnieConnie Sturgess
Office of Andrew Lansley CBE MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
Thank you Connie.
Is there some reason the Conservatives never mention England on their website? Various stories that concern England are presented as if there is no territorial dimension - a casual reader would probably conclude that they apply to the entire UK.
For example.
Universities bailing out students due to loan delays
Almost 65,000 children a day are skipping school
Lansley calls for action to reverse public health time bomb
Curriculum changes will lead to children learning lessThese articles relate specifically to England, yet they make no mention of that fact. I'm curious as to why.
Best,
Gareth
Unless we state otherwise our announcements relate to England, we will state UK/Scotland/Wales if the announcement relates to these. Most people understand that Wales and Scotland are devolved. Thank you for your comment though.
Merry Christmas!
kind regards
ConnieConnie Sturgess
Office of Andrew Lansley CBE MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
Thank you for the clarification. Given that it is a UK website - the website of the UK Conservative Party - I had assumed that announcements related to the United Kingdom unless otherwise stated. But as by default it is an English website that also carries UK, Scottish and Welsh announcements, I can see your logic.
Many thanks, and a merry Christmas to you.
Gareth
So there you have it. Anything you read on www.conservatives.com relates to England unless it explicitly states otherwise.
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Conservatives Say England
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Stephen O'Brien has been criticised a few times on this blog. Perhaps he does listen.
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The English Patient (is starving)
from Toque on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 19:34On 21st January the Conservatives published the news item "Record number of patients starving on NHS wards", which has since inexplicably vanished from their website.
No matter, I have a screen shot (click for full story).
Mr O'Brien, Shadow Minister
I despise the Tories. They would not exist, but for the English vote, yet they are as institutionally Anglophobic as every other party with MPs infesting and corrupting Westminster.
Cameron is a typical Tory, an educated idiot and sophisticated philistine.
They never make a right decision, the latest absurdity being their siding with the Scots-led Anglophobic British Government in its aim to devalue English degrees by making them two-year courses. Only in England. Scottish degrees will remain four years in length, funded by English taxpayers.
The Conservative website is not English, it is Anglo-British, and being British it is working against England and the English.
If you are English - vote for anyone, but the LibLabCON!