Comments for Martin Wicks http://martinwicks.wordpress.com A personal website bringing together comment, articles and photos Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Foundation Trust AGM by helen thompson http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/foundation-trust-agm/#comment-1342 helen thompson Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:57:23 +0000 http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/?p=163#comment-1342 hi martin i stood as a govenor for the trust last year,the thing was most were ex doctors or nurses who were elected,i do know some of them on there from my role in the ppi as vice chair in swindons ppi and you are correct it is allabout presentations, i have sat in on there board meetings iin the gwh and they can last hours and be very dry , the directord including kevin small ,dom not hold the board to account enogh to my liking ps i am studyin at oxford until december 14th so will not see you to then helen hi martin
i stood as a govenor for the trust last year,the thing was most were ex doctors or nurses who were elected,i do know some of them on there from my role in the ppi as vice chair in swindons ppi and you are correct it is allabout presentations, i have sat in on there board meetings iin the gwh and they can last hours and be very dry , the directord including kevin small ,dom not hold the board to account enogh to my liking
ps i am studyin at oxford until december 14th
so will not see you to then
helen

]]> Comment on A Killing Machine by California’s real death panels « Martin Wicks http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/a-killing-machine/#comment-1335 California’s real death panels « Martin Wicks Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:44:28 +0000 http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/a-killing-machine/#comment-1335 [...] people who have seen the Michael Moore film ‘Sicko’ (see http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/a-killing-machine/ ) will recall from the film much of the business of insurance companies was comprised of trying to [...] [...] people who have seen the Michael Moore film ‘Sicko’ (see http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/a-killing-machine/ ) will recall from the film much of the business of insurance companies was comprised of trying to [...]

]]> Comment on “Home owning democracy”: What’s in a phrase? by Dom http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2006/02/13/%e2%80%9chome-owning-democracy%e2%80%9d-what%e2%80%99s-in-a-phrase-a-de/#comment-1334 Dom Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:59:48 +0000 http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2006/02/13/%e2%80%9chome-owning-democracy%e2%80%9d-what%e2%80%99s-in-a-phrase-a-de/#comment-1334 The idea behind the "home owning democracy" was to shift the responsibility of money creation away from government and onto the public. Mortgages are the primary conduit and account for 60% of new money creation. Check out our forum. The idea behind the “home owning democracy” was to shift the responsibility of money creation away from government and onto the public. Mortgages are the primary conduit and account for 60% of new money creation.
Check out our forum.

]]> Comment on With friends like these… by assaf adiv http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/with-friends-like-these/#comment-1323 assaf adiv Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:40:20 +0000 http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-1323 good factual argument for a progressive option in iran and internationally good factual argument for a progressive option in iran and internationally

]]> Comment on About Me by farooq tariq http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1320 farooq tariq Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:00:36 +0000 #comment-1320 Dear Martin, Good article on Iran, "friends like this". The best part was the critical view of Chavez support of Iranian regime. We may translate it in Urdu and print in our weekly paper Workers Struggle published from Lahore. Anyhow, I am forwarding it to editors. Farooq Tariq Dear Martin,

Good article on Iran, “friends like this”. The best part was the critical view of Chavez support of Iranian regime. We may translate it in Urdu and print in our weekly paper Workers Struggle published from Lahore.
Anyhow, I am forwarding it to editors.

Farooq Tariq

]]> Comment on With friends like these… by Communard http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/with-friends-like-these/#comment-1319 Communard Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:51:24 +0000 http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-1319 good analysis. another good article: http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/bullet227.html "these protests are not a call for foreign intervention. Nor are they a call for increased economic and political strangulation of the Iranian state and people." good analysis. another good article:
http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/bullet227.html

“these protests are not a call for foreign intervention. Nor are they a call for increased economic and political strangulation of the Iranian state and people.”

]]> Comment on Sixty Years On by The premature announcement of the death of New Labour - tackling the recession or tinkering? « Martin Wicks http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/sixty-years-on/#comment-1247 The premature announcement of the death of New Labour - tackling the recession or tinkering? « Martin Wicks Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:54:36 +0000 http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-1247 [...] jobs rather than accepting the dictates of ‘the market’. As I have discussed elsewhere (http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/sixty-years-on/ ) the current situation demands a campaign for social ownership. Moreover, the current crisis [...] [...] jobs rather than accepting the dictates of ‘the market’. As I have discussed elsewhere (http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/sixty-years-on/ ) the current situation demands a campaign for social ownership. Moreover, the current crisis [...]

]]> Comment on “Whatever it takes”, whatever it means by UK Voter http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/whatever-it-takes-whatever-it-means/#comment-1223 UK Voter Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:19:53 +0000 http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/?p=90#comment-1223 This is precisely what worries me the most. If Gordon Brown considers his policy a success, with the economic boom having been built on a mountain of government, corporate and consumer debt, how on earth can he be trusted to do what is right. It is akin to allowing a drunken hooligan to drive the school bus. I also want to know what it is he intends to do, because one thing is for certain, he is not very good at forecasting and I have no appetite to watch him lurch from one side to the other. We are in a mess, with a lunatic in charge, lets hope that somehow, we can get to our destination with enough semblance of order, to permit someone else to sort his legacy. This is precisely what worries me the most. If Gordon Brown considers his policy a success, with the economic boom having been built on a mountain of government, corporate and consumer debt, how on earth can he be trusted to do what is right. It is akin to allowing a drunken hooligan to drive the school bus.

I also want to know what it is he intends to do, because one thing is for certain, he is not very good at forecasting and I have no appetite to watch him lurch from one side to the other. We are in a mess, with a lunatic in charge, lets hope that somehow, we can get to our destination with enough semblance of order, to permit someone else to sort his legacy.

]]> Comment on Prescription charges – time to abolish them by Dannie Camburn http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/prescription-charges-time-to-abolish-them/#comment-1208 Dannie Camburn Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:11:48 +0000 http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-1208 I recall when I worked in a really poor paying job in Swindon (that famous bakery that is now closed), I had an accident at work where I broke my thumb, the company made me take time off of work because they said they couldn't find an alternative job for me to do and I didn't get paid for the first 3 weeks (no back pay either). At the same time I needed dental treatment which cost £55.00, bur I never had that money, so I had to get an overdraft from the bank which cost even more, I then had to find a job while I was out of work to be able to pay for every day living as I wasn't entitled to benefits because I was working. The union AEU also did bugger all to help me, so I had when I returned to work, I also had to find a part time evening job to help pay all my bills. On top of all this I was in and out of hospital withother serious halth problems. So yes health care should be free and people who are ill shouldn't be forced into low paying jobs that don'tpay sick benefits, because this is another thing that this Labour government is forcing on the poorest of society. I recall when I worked in a really poor paying job in Swindon (that famous bakery that is now closed), I had an accident at work where I broke my thumb, the company made me take time off of work because they said they couldn’t find an alternative job for me to do and I didn’t get paid for the first 3 weeks (no back pay either). At the same time I needed dental treatment which cost £55.00, bur I never had that money, so I had to get an overdraft from the bank which cost even more, I then had to find a job while I was out of work to be able to pay for every day living as I wasn’t entitled to benefits because I was working. The union AEU also did bugger all to help me, so I had when I returned to work, I also had to find a part time evening job to help pay all my bills. On top of all this I was in and out of hospital withother serious halth problems. So yes health care should be free and people who are ill shouldn’t be forced into low paying jobs that don’tpay sick benefits, because this is another thing that this Labour government is forcing on the poorest of society.

]]> Comment on Prescription charges – time to abolish them by Jenny http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/prescription-charges-time-to-abolish-them/#comment-1207 Jenny Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:41:29 +0000 http://martinwicks.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-1207 Hi I a have paid prescription charges all my life, despite needing regular hospital admissions and not being able to work. My sister however works as a midwife, but gets her prescriptions free, because she has one of the metabolic illnesses listed for exemption. Surely this can't be right! Jenny Hi
I a have paid prescription charges all my life, despite needing regular hospital admissions and not being able to work. My sister however works as a midwife, but gets her prescriptions free, because she has one of the metabolic illnesses listed for exemption. Surely this can’t be right!

Jenny

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