The phrases "creeping privatisation" and "privatisation by stealth" are commonly seen in the media - Trump's 2019 visit has stirred the phrases up again in what appears to be a pretence that we still have an NHS free of American influence and if we let Trump take advantage of Brexit we will see the NHS "sold-off" and "privatised" by the USA.  But don't let the media convince you and don't let campaign fist-thumping convince you that if we tell the President to "F*ck Off" all will be well. It won't and it is not a simple exercise.

The American health companies are already here, they've been embedded within the NHS - hiding neatly behind the blue logo - for years now. Since the early 2000's.  It's sad  and we don't relish telling people that our country has been let down and betrayed by all our political parties over the last three dacades but truth will out.

The American corporations, gready for global ownership of anything, have eaten their way into our system - promoting the FALSE mantra that Public Services are wasteful, and expensive and Private Companies are more efficient and cheaper. The psychological message "Public Bad, Private Good"  is a simple message and the global business groups, who have had their eyes on our incredible health service for a long time, have repeated it over and over until we the public have started to believe it. Certainly our mainstream political parties and media have bought into it.

We know that PUBLIC is GOOD. PRIVATE is BAD. Bad for our Health. Bad for our country's wellbeing.

We also know the drivers of this psychological battle - the American Healthcare Industry - have been embedding themselves within our NHS and behind the blue logo for years.

So let's see the evidence...