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the Big red bus saved us from no deal the second they couldn’t live up to the promise of giving the nhs 350 million a week
without it they might still have had credibility to push for no deal
pst didnt the government give the nhs 350 million in the budget last October ![;-)](https://www.justchat.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_wink.gif)
pst, the government boost to the nhs, apart from not being enough, is not a brexit dividend.
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-the-nhs-funding-boost-is-not-a-brexit-dividend
Indeed, the nursing shortage which is part of the nhs crisis – 47,000 nurses short, expected to rise to 51,000 – is already being worsened by the fears aroused by a hard brexit. Spanish nurses are apparently leaving in large numbers.
The money we give the EU are the dues we all pay for being a member of a club which brings us the trade and the high health and safety standards we need. These could well be lost now, and the US is making clear that it’s sub-standard food is a must for the trade deal we will absolutely need if there’s a hard brexit.