The increase of defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP will mean an additional 7 billion for defence every year.

The NHS spends 7 billion every two weeks.

Initial response from Tory backbenchers seems positive…

Commenting on today’s announcement on increasing defence spending, former Armed Forces Minister, Mark Francois, said:

“As the first duty of Government is the Defence of the Realm, I warmly welcome today’s announcement on

Basildon’s #DDay Veteran, Don Sheppard will be on BBC Essex & BBC Look East on Monday, promoting the #DDay 80 Ceremony taking place on 6 June in Rettendon.

It’s Don’s 104th birthday in a few weeks!

ℹ️ Fundraiser for the upkeep of the Living Memorial site gofund.me/b5b91eb5

Congratulations Pouya Akhbari BSC, MBBS, MSc, FRCS, MD !

justgiving.com/page/drpouyaak…

Today I ran my first TCS London Marathon. It was an amazing experience and I completed the marathon in 3hrs 57mins. Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored me.
Now for a well earned burger.

The combined net worth of the top 5 wealthiest people in the UK could not fund the NHS for more than 9 months.

Between the release of GTAIV and GTAV (2008-2013), the NHS spent over half a trillion pounds.

On April 14th 2022, Elon Musk bought Twitter for £35.28 billion pounds. Two years on, the NHS spent enough to buy Twitter ten times over.

Preferred ways to contact a radiologist:

1. Don’t
2. Delay until next week or never
3. Email
4. Text
5. Whatsapp
6. Message through PACS

98. Paper aeroplane
99. Carrier pigeon
100. Call

The NHS spends the equivalent of the crown jewels once every 10 days.

This £34,000 bill could have funded the NHS for 6 whole seconds!