Tensions are rising within team Keir Starmer | Andrew Marr | The New Statesman

As Labour prepares for power, two think tanks - the Tony Blair Institute and Labour Together - are vying to control its future.
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Splits over education, the NHS, Europe, immigration and worker's rights mean that Labour still doesn't have a clear song to sing ahead of the general election.
Andrew Marr discusses the influence of think tanks on the Labour Party.
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[@paulaspinall919]

Privatisation does not have a good track record for the people of the UK.

[@eileenclark7744]

Just pop over to the US and ask people who either can’t afford Medical Insurance or who have fallen foul of the system and found themselves not covered what they think of their own system. Risk our NHS in the hands of the big American Health giants at your peril.

[@norwaylife7615]

Palantir should never ever be trusted with anything to do with the NHS. If it is, everyone should individually deny access to their personal data. To give them access is to betray us all. Its not that analytics are not of future importance, but because they are.

[@gingersgiraffes219]

Don't do it! I'm American and our healthcare system is crap!!

[@kerrynewnham8946]

Tony Blair should just keep out , he was never “of” labour. He put in PPI . His record in the Middle East disastrous. We want nothing to do with his type of Vision.

[@richardelson3261]

We were in Montana on a mountain road trip just before the pandemic on holiday. My wife had to go to hospital after a fall and with just one night's stay we had a bill of 10,000 USD for the insurance to negotiate for years. The service was great (there was hardly anyone there) but we were simply a revenue stream so every single interaction with anyone there (some unsolicited / unnecessary) was charged. What we learned there was that the poor locals with no private medical insurance just self-medicated (see USA painkiller addiction stories) until they were dying when the last resort was A&E. And debt. Or death. Palantir seem highly unlikely to have the health interests of ordinary UK people as their priority.

[@samlee86421]

The NHS is making us sick? How healthy then are Americans with their private healthcare?

[@w0033944]

It would be horrible to see a Labour government privatise the NHS.

[@alexyordanov7324]

I’m in Australia and I’ve been reminded of how good free healthcare can be. Tried to book an appointment and they offered me one tomorrow! We can make a return to this with our NHS.

[@mickpearson6268]

Labour needs Starmer to be Clem Attlee not Tony Blair

[@andrewpayne6437]

It is very chilling to hear corporate America speaking so dismissive and arrogantly about our institution that has been beaten by 14 years of neglect, yet still remains the beacon that represents a civilisation striving and caring for its citizens. I cannot wait for the NHS to be returned to safe hands.

[@terry9819]

Future disability assessment: We've looked at your records and the AI says NO.

[@Toodyslexicforyou]

No way are they going to sell the NHS data. Disgusting!

[@Jason787]

Sad that only a private company is fit to use such data for profit but the government is not able to use it for the good. What a sad state of affairs.

[@tatata1543]

I look at this lot and a feeling of utter hopelessness consumes me. We really are fecked.

[@colincampbell4261]

Let the Teachers decide what teaching methods are used. Good teachers know what works with children. Good schools are already using new technology in the classrooms.

[@fsbayer]

This is so depressing. No hope for an even marginally less horrific future.

[@TootlinGeoff]

Get Palantir Out. They are very dangerous. With attitudes like that of their CEO. Labour are wrong to let the Rwanda bill through as well.

[@mwmentor]

I find it remarkable that anyone still trusts Tony Blair, and actually takes anything that he says seriously. If the NHS data is to be mined in any way by private enterprise, with which I do not disagree, at least keep it British in perpetuity. Has everyone forgotten what happened to Cadbury's and various other?

[@lordcharfield4529]

That Tony Blair’s name is on anything, especially coupled with “global change” is beyond terrifying!