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100 hours to save the NHS...Labour's manifesto analysed

Labour's spending pledges and commitments on comprehensive healthcare are welcome - but campaigners shouldn't turn a blind eye to the worrying gaps and inconsistencies in their plans.

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Flash Gordon style NHS campaign tactics - but do they convince?

Yesterday's Mirror proclaimed that there are ‘only 100 hours to save the NHS’, as Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham embarked on a whistle-stop pre-election tour of the NHS.

Such Flash Gordon-style tactics are a little facile - if Labour don’t win, those campaigning to protect the NHS are unlikely to hang up their placards for good on May 8.