Like Lemmings Toward a Cliff Sep 24, 2008
In 1945, Aneurin Bevan, a leading Labour politician, said: "Britain is an island bedded on coal and surrounded by fish; only an organizing genius could produce a coal shortage and a fish shortage simultaneously." Socialism soon produced that. Today, the commanding heights of America's economy are financial services, and regarding them the line between the public and private sectors is being blurred to indistinctness. (Townhall.com)
Labour conference: At-a-glance Sep 23, 2008
Close Brown ally Ed Balls argued Aneurin Bevan should get the accolade - only to find the rest of the panel set against it. "It's clear that my candidate is the man to have a pop at, but that's enough of modern parallels," Mr Balls quipped. (BBC News -- UK)
Sean Bean is all smiles after spending a night in the cells Jul 28, 2008
" Sponsored Links You need Flash Player 8 or higher to view video content with the ROO Flash Player. to download and install it. Most Popular "The great Aneurin Bevan had an expression for this kind of political agility. Countdown star Carol Vorderman last night quit the TV quiz show - just days. (Mirror.co.uk)
Prince William helps take down drug smugglers in Colombia Jul 27, 2008
" Iron Duke, which Wills joined last month as part of short stint with the Navy, was on patrol 110 miles north of the Venezuela-Colombia coast when the incident happened. It comes just a few weeks after the prince was involved in another successful drugs bust on Iron Duke, a frigate. Last month he was part of a Lynx crew when one tonne of cocaine - worth 40 million - was seized off another Go Fast vessel. Sponsored Links You need Flash Player 8 or higher to view video content with the ROO Flash... (Mirror.co.uk)
Bevan plaque for NHS anniversary Jul 6, 2008
A plaque to mark 60 years of the NHS has been unveiled in Tredegar, the birthplace of the service's founder Aneurin Bevan ... The new stone stands about 40yds (37m) away from the Aneurin Bevan memorial stones at the top of Sirhowy Hill ... Dr John Evans, on Aneurin Bevan. (BBC News -- UK)
Aneurin Bevan (junior) Jul 5, 2008
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A health-care lesson Jul 4, 2008
Sixty years ago, British health minister Aneurin Bevan officially inaugurated the National Health Service. Entirely free to patients and financed through taxes, the NHS was the first system of its kind and its overnight success spurred similar reforms around the world. (Globe and Mail)
Aneurin Bevan tribute criticised Jul 1, 2008
Aneurin Bevan was the local MP between 1929 and 1960. Plans to rename Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust after NHS founder Aneurin Bevan have been criticised as being a "PR exercise" and a waste of public money ... "It's not that great in the scheme of things but when money is so tight we would prefer to see it spent on something Aneurin Bevan would actually appreciate, like supporting services, rather than a name. It should be about the spirit of the man and his vision really.". (BBC News -- UK)
Bevan's memory lives in home town Jul 1, 2008
Tredegar was more than just Aneurin Bevan's home town: it was the place that inspired him to create the National Health Service ... It is certainly not difficult to find references to Bevan, even without the Aneurin Bevan Heritage Trail leaflet with which I came equipped ... ANEURIN BEVAN FACTFILE. (BBC News)
I was the first baby to be born under the NHS Jun 30, 2008
When she was born at one minute past midnight on July 5, 1948, nurses and midwives at Amman Valley Hospital, Carmarthenshire asked if they could name her after the founder of the NHS, Aneurin Bevan. Their excitement stemmed from the fact that she was the first baby to be born into a state-funded system that promised cradle to grave care. (Times Online)
Happy 60th birthday, NHS Jun 29, 2008
Aneurin Bevan's creation remains a vital part of British life after six decades ... " With these words, Aneurin Bevan, Labour's post-war health minister, spelt out the reasons why a National Health Service was necessary. Amid opposition from the British Medical Association and the Conservatives, Bevan drove the NHS Bill through Parliament, finding support from nurses and doctors and buying consultants by "stuffing their mouths with gold".The NHS was to prove an instant hit with the public. In... (Independent)
First NHS baby Jun 28, 2008
Naming the newborn was straightforward, the inspiration was the founding father of the NHS, Aneurin Bevan ... Just like Aneurin Bevan, Mrs Thomas is known to friends as Nye. (BBC News -- Health)
The birth of the NHS Jun 28, 2008
But when it was proposed by Aneurin Bevan, even his Labour comrades were divided ... The job of health minister had been a minor one, below cabinet rank, but now it was filled by a major political player, Aneurin Bevan, the adored, charismatic leader of the Labour left. (Independent)
Single-roomed hospital welcomed May 29, 2008
7m Aneurin Bevan Hospital will have 96 en-suite single rooms when it opens in 2011 ... An artist's impression of Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale ... The British Medical Association (BMA) Wales, said: "Many of our hospitals in Wales are now unsuitable for modern-day medicine and need to be upgraded or replaced. Aneurin Bevan was Ebbw Vale's MP from 1929 until his death in 1960. "We therefore welcome this new hospital which hopefully will serve to improve the lives of thousands of patients in an... (BBC News -- UK)
Calzaghe leaves talk for the ring Apr 19, 2008
Before B-Hop got going, Calzaghe had to endure a lecture in political history from Nevada State Athletic Commissioner Keith Kizer, who, for the first time in known memory, introduced those Welsh political legends Aneurin Bevan, David Lloyd George and Roy Jenkins to the boxing stage. According to Kizer, Calzaghe is another in a long line of great Welshmen. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Lament for the disarmer Feb 6, 2008
The question bitterly divided the party, with unilateralists looking to Aneurin Bevan as their leader - until he changed his tune and called disarmament "an emotional spasm" - and multilateralists following Hugh Gaitskell, the Labour leader, as he denounced "all you pacifists and fellow travellers", shocking words but not so wrong. CND was compromised logically by pacifism and morally by communism. (Guardian Unlimited)
Too young for careBroadcaster Ray Gosling on why he went into a home at 60 Feb 4, 2008
So I raise a glass of thanks to Lloyd George, William Beveridge, Aneurin Bevan and the others who have brought about such a level of social care for so many. And then I pour another glass to drink to myself for having the common sense - and courage - to accept. (BBC News -- Health)
* [SUNDAY PROFILE] Studs Terkel spins a good yarn Jan 27, 2008
" he asks, lamenting the passing of the British Labour party of Aneurin Bevan and the ascendancy of what he terms "the new baby mandarins. " He sits in his red jumper, surrounded by magazines and books on Einstein, Orson Welles, Katharine Hepburn and many others. The titles of the books that have made him such an institution are short and to the point. The Good War (about the second world war), Hard Times (the Great Depression), Working (people's attitudes to work) and Race (Americans' attitude... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Platitudes with attitude Jan 25, 2008
His nemesis, Aneurin Bevan, said of his oratory: "Nobody could have listened, and not be moved.". The contemporary observer Thomas Montalbo wrote: "Each change of pace, each dramatic pause, each rhetorical flourish - all were carefully orchestrated. He roared like a lion and cooed like a dove, with hand and facial gestures to suit.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Let me tell you a story Jan 23, 2008
" he asks, lamenting the passing of the Labour party of Aneurin Bevan and the ascendancy of what he terms "the new baby mandarins". He sits in his red jumper, surrounded by magazines and books on Einstein, Orson Welles, Katharine Hepburn and many others. The titles of the books that have made him such an institution are short and to the point. The Good War (about the second world war), Hard Times (the Great Depression), Working (people's attitudes to work) and Race (Americans' attitude to race).... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Under the thumb of the NHS and school commissars Dec 25, 2007
So Labour s health minister at the time, Aneurin Bevan, allowed surgeons to treat private patients in NHS hospitals. When later that Labour government was torn apart by the Treasury s proposal to introduce certain health charges, Tony Benn wrote: On this question of principle of a free health service, it is nonsense. (Times Online)
NHS 'from womb to tomb' - Johnson Sep 12, 2007
The NHS was created in 1948 by Clement Attlee's government under the direction of health minister Aneurin Bevan. The service was set up with a promise to provide people with health care from "the cradle to the grave". (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Do we pay our doctors too much? May 19, 2007
Aneurin Bevan, the founder of the NHS, accused the BMA of attempting to sabotage the Act that brought it into being in 1948. It kept Barbara Castle at the negotiating table from 4pm to 7am, while discussing pay in 1975; and saw off Kenneth Clarke, who alienated the entire profession in 1989 with his remark that he wished "doctors would stop feeling for their wallets whenever I mentioned the word 'reform'.". (Telegraph.co.uk)
McConnell: That's the nature of politics Apr 25, 2007
John Smith might have been expected, say, or Aneurin Bevan. But Jack McConnell, the beleaguered Scottish Labour leader, chose John Major to emphasise how elections can be turned around days before voters go to the polls. (Telegraph.co.uk)
- Lynsey Hanley Feb 14, 2007
Aneurin Bevan briefly considered nationalising the housing stock - at least, that left bomb-damaged or empty by the war - when he took on responsibility for housing after Labour's 1945 election win. That he didn't is not an indictment of Bevan's lack of nerve: his establishment of one NHS, never mind two, was more than enough proof of his tenacity. (Guardian Unlimited)
Tory right attacks Cameron for misrepresenting their views Feb 13, 2007
Mr Leigh wrote: "This is the year that Conservative spokesmen have adopted Aneurin Bevan as a role model (he who vowed to destroy us and described us as 'vermin'); praised leftwing Polly Toynbee's view of society; snubbed the CBI; pleaded understanding for marauding hoodies; announced that we, not Labour, were the real defenders of an unreformed NHS, the last Soviet-style, centrally-controlled health service in any large country; ... and turned down the volume on Euroscepticism to inaudible.".... (Guardian Unlimited)
* World News Quick Take Jan 24, 2007
Current British Prime Minister Tony Blair was fourth with seven, and former health secretary Aneurin Bevan, credited as one of the architects of Britain's National Health Service, rounded out the top five. Russia More Russians stressed out Stressed out by everyday menaces such as terrorist threats or financial risks, up to 40 percent of Russians suffer mental problems, the Serbsky Psychiatry Center said late on Monday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
MPs back Nelson Mandela as their biggest political hero Jan 23, 2007
Among Labour MPs, NHS architect Aneurin Bevan came out on top, followed by Tony Blair, who got the most backing of any serving politician. Mr Mandela, one of the world's most revered statesmen, led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy. (BBC News -- UK)
Look Who's The Biggest Hero For MPs Jan 23, 2007
He was the second biggest political hero among Labour MPs, ahead of Aneurin Bevan, architect of the NHS.. Among Tories, Baroness Thatcher came top. (Sky News)
Madiba trumps Thatcher, Churchill Jan 23, 2007
Current British Prime Minister Tony Blair was fourth with seven, and former health secretary Aneurin Bevan, credited as one of the architects of Britain's government-run National Health Service, rounded out the top five. The MPs were given free rein in the survey to nominate anyone as their hero, leading to a wide variety of submissions. (iAfrica.com)
