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Bravo to Caroline Lucas for making a commitment that a Green Party Government would save the Whittington as outlined in Emma Dixon's excellent letter.

I take her points about Health Minsiter Mike O'Brien's somewhat elastic reading of the situation. In fact I'd go further and argue that he and Health Secretary Andy Burnham are not to be trusted one inch. To make matters worse I think they would desert our MPs, Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornbury, and allow the closures to go ahead at the drop of a hat should Labour win the next election.

I wonder if we cannot emulate the success of DR Richard Taylor who became an MP in Wyre Forest as an Independent campaigning against Health cuts.

If we could find 2 candiates for Islington we could ask all other parties to stand aside and support the coalition to save the Whittington's A&E and maternity services. What do we have to loose?

Richard Rosser.