trousers

I was on the receiving end of many more stories of failings in the NHS when Labour were in power. I'm not saying everything is perfect in the NHS under the Tories, far from it, but to paint a picture of 'NHS = bad' under the Tories and 'NHS = good' under Non- Tories is simply wrong, in my experience. The NHS achieved record satisfaction levels last year. Damn those nasty NHS trashing Tories....

Or anyone in the Labour party that left the system unchanged for 13 years?

Will do. My wife and sister-in-law work in the NHS so I'll consult them over the weekend. Can't think why they haven't mentioned its all going tits up before now though. Must have skipped their mind....

Source?

Careful....whataboutery is frowned upon on here

Indeed. Or, put another way... 37% of the Scottish electorate voted for separation last year whereas 35% of the electorate voted for the SNP last night. And yet the media will continue to hold up the SNP as representing the views of the majority of Scotland when, in fact, its roughly a third.

Indeed. It was much better when we had a female shopkeeper's daughter running the show...

Five years

The SNP gains have no effect on the Tories winning a 326+ seat total

"Its easy if you try"

Labour have requested full recount in Ed Balls' constituency. Bye bye Ed...?

Wow...34% swing from Labour to SNP in Dumbartonshire. RIP the United Kingdom...

Douglas Alexander loses his seat

Some pundits now predicting an overall Tory majority

One of Labour's top targets Nuneaton comfortably held by Tories. Goes completely against pre-election polls.

Labour hold Wrexham but with 3% swing to Tories.

Battersea, another Labour target, has 2% swing to the Tories. Again, backs up the exit poll.

@robindbrant Millionaire @UKIP donor and campaigner arron banks tells BBC he thinks @conservatives have won Thanet south #ge2015

Tories comfortably hold Labour target seat Swindon North. Crucially, the result is in line with the exit poll prediction. Swindon North result: CONS: 50.3% (+5.7) LAB: 27.8% (-2.7) UKIP: 15.4% (+11.7) LD: 3.3% (-14.0) GRN: 3.3% (+2.3) Opinion polls leading up to the election predicted a 3% - 4% swing to Labour in this seat, but instead its a 5% swing to the Tories....

Lord Ashcroft exit poll better for Labour: Con 34%, Lab 31%, Ukip 14%, Lib Dems 9%, Greens 7%. (12,000 sample size)

Would be very surprised if this exit poll is accurate. Agree with Alastair Campbell (amongst others) that it doesn't feel right.

Or....Trousers will keep an open mind on whether its an issue with policy or implementation/interpretation of policy because the "facts" aren't conclusive

The guidelines do appear somewhat woolly and/or poorly worded: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416930/dwpf15-0315.pdf I can't find a definitive list of what is considered to be a "good reason". Surely there needs to be fixed and clear criteria rather than it being left open to interpretation. Being too ill to attend a meeting surely counts as a "good reason"? Sounds like another case of a common sense policy poorly implemented to me.

It's government policy to sanction someone for missing an appointment due to being too ill to attend?