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18th
May 2010
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May 2010
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David Cameron PM at last.
Conservatives win more votes than Tony Blair did in 2001, but
because of unequal sized Constituencies the Conservatives did not get a majority
of MPs in the House of Commons.
The Conservatives have therefore entered into a coalition with the
Lib-Dems
In 2001, Labour received 10,724,953 votes.
They got 413 seats.
Labour
in 2001 GE 10,724,953
votes 413 seats
Tories
in 2010 GE 10,727,898
votes 307 seats
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March 2010
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March 2010
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March 2010
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Charlie Whelan's new militant
tendency
Michael Gove hits out at Unite's increasing domination of the Labour
Party
How Unite are funding Gordon
Brown' s election campaign
What will he give them
in return?
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January
2010
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David Cameron video – Never voted Tory before? David Cameron
explains why you should join us
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17th
March 2010
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Peter Bone wins
fight to give little Zach a shot at life
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16th
March 2010
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PETER BONE’S PERSONAL
STATEMENT ABOUT ZACHARY KNIGHTON-SMITH
How much is a child’s life worth?
Hopefully, I will be getting the
answer to this from the government in my Westminster Hall debate today.
Although the subject of today’s
debate is “NHS facilities in Wellingborough” and there
remains a serious discussion to be had about the fact that my constituency
badly needs a hospital, recent events have meant a rapid change of
focus. Namely, how much value does this government place on the life of
a child?
Zachary Knighton-Smith is the bravest
child I know and, at only 5 years old, has already gone through more
suffering than most of us will endure in our lifetimes. He suffers from a rare form of cancer
called Neuroblastoma, a disease that occurs almost exclusively in
children of 5 years or less.
Around 50 new cases are diagnosed in the UK each year and current
treatment includes a mixture of surgery, radiotherapy and
chemotherapy. However, even with
these therapies, the survival rate remains at about 20-30%.
A new treatment, Monoclonal Antibody
Therapy, offers a survival rate of 70% and a trial has just started in
Europe, with some of the first studies being carried out in the UK. Every child in the UK will be able to take
part in these trials – except Zachary.
Thanks to a mixture of bureaucracy and
bad timing, Zach will be unable to get the treatment he so desperately
needs. What is more, in order for the Monoclonal Antibody Therapy to be
effective, he needs this treatment within the next 30 days – so
time is of the absolute essence.
The only option left to Zachary and
his family, who has suffered with him at every step and procedure, is
to have his treatment in the United States, at a cost of
between $250,000 and $800,000.
With the government spending £120bn on the NHS this year alone,
such figures would be a drop in the ocean for the NHS and could mean
the difference between life and death for Zach.
And although this is about so much
more than the NHS’s balance sheet, sending Zach to America
would be vastly more cost-effective in the long-term for the NHS. Were Zach not to receive this treatment
and relapse, the cost to the NHS could be up to four times the cost of
sending Zach abroad.
The Under-Secretary of State for
Health, Ann Keen, has already been most helpful in trying to find a way
to get Zach the Monoclonal Antibody Therapy. However, it simply has not been
enough. This is why, in the
adjournment debate today, I will be pressing the government to do
whatever they can to ensure that Zach gets funding.
What’s a child’s life
worth? Hopefully, it’s worth enough to send a little boy abroad for
the treatment that will ensure he gets a fair shot at life.
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11th
March 2010
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BY-ELECTION WIN FOR
WELLINGBOROUGH BOROUGH COUNCIL
In another
stunning victory by the Conservative campaign team, Redwell West was
won by the Conservative candidate, John Raymond with a massive 57.2% of
the vote. The BNP vote was down
compared to the last by-election of this seat in 2008.
Well done to John
and the team. He will be an excellent councillor for Wellingborough
Borough Council.
The full results
are :
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SPENCER, Terence Albert William
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English
Democrats
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62
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SHERWOOD, Graham Keith
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Labour
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186
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RAYMOND,
John Alistair
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Conservatives
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570
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Elected
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WILKINS, Penelope Jane
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Liberal
Democrat
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72
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HORNETT, Jonathan Terence
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Green Party
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23
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ROBINSON, David Peter
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BNP
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84
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February
2010
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Wellingborough
Conservatives have won an award for campaigning. Sean Lever collected
this personally from David Cameron at the Spring Conference in Brighton.
Sean Lever collects award
from David Cameron
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