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This week Labour has unveiled it's most groundbreaking policy proposal yet as the party wants to install broadband internet in every home in the country, for free should they win the general election.
This bold announcement by Jeremy Corbyn's party has already been derided by some, including former Labour MP Chris Leslie, who called it a 'crackpot scheme.'
Elsewhere, the BBC called it 'broadband communism' while the Tories have been doing everything they can to smear the policy as something that is completely unattainable and will cost tax-payers millions.
Jeremy Corbyn's "free" national internet would cost hardworking taxpayers billions. #CostOfCorbyn https://t.co/hftltWj8bf— Conservatives (@Conservatives) 1573857360
Watching videos on Labour’s “free” national internet 🤦♀️ #CostOfCorbyn https://t.co/eYPTp99XZX— Conservatives (@Conservatives) 1573844580
In response to these claims and those mocking him, the Labour leader posted a very short and to the point tweet on Saturday evening.
He wrote:
If I was proposing the creation of our NHS today, the Conservatives would call it health communism.
If I was proposing the creation of our NHS today, the Conservatives would call it health communism.— Jeremy Corbyn (@Jeremy Corbyn) 1573923430
We honestly couldn't have put it better ourselves and the rest of the internet agreed.
Abso-bloody-lutely. https://t.co/FiNLhAjd7T— For The Many (@For The Many) 1573923724
We know this to be true. It’s how opportunistic, puerile, untruthful and knowingly offensive Johnson and the Torie… https://t.co/y1IocHFgkj— John Edwards (@John Edwards) 1573946166
He has a point 👇 https://t.co/LiPY1hK9EG— Luke Pollard MP (@Luke Pollard MP) 1573925094
Jeremy, you just won twitter for today! Best tweet of the campaign so far! https://t.co/fjSeiNp59G— p҉s҉y҉c҉h҉e҉d҉e҉l҉i҉c҉ ҉o҉d҉i҉n҉ (@p҉s҉y҉c҉h҉e҉d҉e҉l҉i҉c҉ ҉o҉d҉i҉n҉) 1573924866
The Tories own health secretary, Matt Hancock, tried to weigh in on the matter by telling Corbyn that the NHS was actually a construct created by the Conservatives.
Sorry Jeremy, you're a bit late to this. It was a Conservative Health Minister who first proposed the NHS to Parl… https://t.co/ONsXoG35ds— Matt Hancock (@Matt Hancock) 1573925451
Henry Willink - Conservative Health Minister under Churchill - proposed the NHS https://t.co/c6RzzVccx4— Matt Hancock (@Matt Hancock) 1573925725
Conservatives have run the NHS for 44 of its 71 years And now, we Conservatives are giving the NHS it’s longest an… https://t.co/qZEhijaGCG— Matt Hancock (@Matt Hancock) 1573925757
However, this only resulted in people reminding Hancock of the numerous times that the Tories have voted against NHS policies in the Commons, including the actual creation of the entire thing.
@MattHancock Do remind us how many times the Tories voted against Nye Bevan’s NHS Bill?— Evolve Politics (@Evolve Politics) 1573925754
@MattHancock And it was a Conservative party who voted against it over and over again, and it's the Conservative pa… https://t.co/vo3KnnF22c— Audrey (@Audrey) 1573926202
@MattHancock Lmao. How many times did the tories vote against the creation of the NHS? 22 times.— K 🍂 ❄️ (@K 🍂 ❄️) 1573927518
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