So it looks like Boris Johnson is/was planning on privatizing the UK National Heath System in order to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with Donald Trump. Jeremy Corbyn released a set of unredacted leaked government documents showing Boris Johnson's trade team was allegedly offering up the NHS as part of negotiations.
Bojo of course denies this at the same time his part faces allegations of antisemitism.
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Jeremy Corbyn has released uncensored official documents which he says provides confirmation that the NHS is on the table in trade talks with the USA.
In a press conference in Westminster, Mr Corbyn brandished what appeared to be leaked government papers detailing six rounds of trade talks in Washington and London running from July 2017 to a few months ago.
He said that the content of the 451-page paper left “in tatters” prime minister Boris Johnson’s denial that the NHS is on the table in trade talks.
And he declared: “This election is now a fight for the survival of our National Health Service as a public service free for all at the point of need.
“So for the want of any doubt, let me give this reassurance: Labour will never ever treat our NHS as a bargaining chip in trade talks with anybody. We will never let Donald Trump get his hands on our NHS. Because our NHS is not for sale.
The bombshell announcement came as Mr Corbyn battled to force the general election agenda back onto his preferred turf of health, after a nightmare day on Tuesday in which his fitness to govern was questioned by the Chief Rabbi and he refused four times in a difficult BBC interview to apologise for his handling of antisemitism in his party.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a9219566.html