Several people want Gordon Brown, to apologize to the people who received a leaflet. In this leaflet stood that the following things would be scrapped by the Tories: the right for cancer patients to be treated within 18 weeks, the guarantee to see a cancer specialist within two weeks would also be history. A lot people who had received this card, used to be cancer patients. It was not a coincidence that these people were chosen, the political party Labour used the database of a company Experian. Because it used the data base of this company it could easily find hospital statistics, including postcodes and the diagnosis of patients.
Tact obviously is not the strongest point when it comes to the British government. Most people are pretty attached when it comes to their privacy and I think it is a shame to abuse this. Especially when it comes to things such as diseases. It is unacceptable to use statistics of where cancer patients live, to send them a leaflet with the message the other government will change the policy when it comes to cancer and it will not be in your advantage. Pretty sick minded if you ask me, like those people have not suffered enough.
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Hi Corrie,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI have only one grammatical correction ;)
"In this leaflet stood" = this is not English, but half dutch! You could say: "This leaflet contains the following..." Know what I mean?
I also would like to know what the Company Experian databse is, it would really help me understand your blog!
I agree with your opinion about privacy, especially with diseases. But I also think that the British goverment did not intend to insult those people who received the leaflet...
Xx Kimberly