The Anonymous Widower

Scotland and East Anglia

Radio Five Live was in Scotland today, as it is the tenth anniversary of the Scottish Parliament.

No problem there, but this government has widened the divide in public support between Scotland and many of the English regions.  Here in East Anglia, we have the same GDP as Scotland, but have many fewer government jobs, export a lot more, have better health etc. 

So we’re doing a lot better except in one respect.

Various projects such as the dualling of the A11 are never completed.  We get everybody else’s cast off trains. The government doesn’t want to protect us from the sea.  And we now have the farce of the downgrading of Ipswich Hospital with respect to heart patients.

The latter doesn’t actually bother me, as my nearest hospital is Addenbrookes in Cambridge, but the distance from say where I used to live at Felixstowe to Norwich is about two hours.  It’s just too far!

July 1, 2009 - Posted by AnonW | Health | Politics, Scotland