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NHS pledges - do even the politicians making them, believe them anymore?

Recent history suggests NHS pledges are there to be broken - or subverted. Perhaps voters would prefer less manifesto, and more information on the financial interests driving policy making.

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Image: Santa Dash through Liverpool, by Ben Kidlington / Flickr.

"Nick (Clegg) has made mental health a huge thing for our party - it's going to be one of the five key pledges on our manifesto." : Danny Alexander.

You have to hand it to Danny Alexander. The Lib Dems time in coalition will be remembered above all for their broken pledges – not to mention their support for austerity which has damaged mental health and cut mental health funding more sharply than other healthcare.