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DISABLED PARKING BLOCKED OFF AND INACCESSIBLE. FROM 38 DEGREES:  "We would like to invite you to join members of 38 Degrees South Norfolk at a Public Meeting hosted by 38 Degrees about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and US." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I drove all the way to Norwich Blackfriars Hall through nightmarish ‘going home’ traffic for this meeting. I was there for 6.40pm but was unable to get into the forecourt where the parking spaces for wheelchair users are because there was no way in. I waited around until 7.05 in case someone came out. I tried to attract the attention of some people at the entrance to the Hall (right at the far end of the forecourt - a distance I couldn’t walk). I could do nothing other than to go home. I am very angry at, having been invited by you, this blatant discrimination. I will have nothing further to do with 38 degrees because of ...

This from Mo (via Bernadette) is a pithy cry against the state of the country and how it is slyly becoming just a puppet of multinational profiteers. It's well worth reading and absorbing:   Here’s another brilliant piece by our friend Bernadette Meaden at Ekklesia: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/21447 Now we know how bad it will be: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11421844/Sick-note-culture-to-be-stamped-out-under-radical-new-scheme.html Are our GPs really prepared to do this as it will, essentially, undermine their authority, their expertise, their doctor-patient relationship and make them a party to yet another highly discredited corporate giant’s profits. It will be interesting to see what the BMA has to say about this??!! Of course, a lot of the influence is due to members of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine. Perhaps it’s time to drop them a line again?  See attached. Their new President, Richard Heron, claimed he would look into the bogus WCA once be of...

I recently wrote to my MEP about TTIP. I thought it would be useful to post his response here. He's one of the goodies. " Dear Mike Llywelyn Cox Thank you for getting in touch. I wanted to respond to your email to offer reassurance and clarification in relation to my and Labour’s position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). I am sorry for the delay in replying. There are a number of trade agreements being negotiated between the European Union and third countries, all of which have the potential to boost jobs at home but which at the same time have to be assessed on how far they protect social and environmental standards, workers' rights and fair trade for developing countries. The "TTIP" agreement with the United States would be by far the largest of these agreements and the potential gains and costs are consequently equally very significant. As the deal would govern almost half the world's trade, it would also be likely to set a t...