Surely it can only be a matter of time before Chris Patten is smoked out as a communist by the New Brexit Party? Patten was always on the in the liberal wing of the Tory Party but now he's been left beached completely by their shift to nationalism.
Making migrant care workers pay NHS surcharge 'immoral' and 'monstrous', says former Tory chair
Chris Patten, the former Conservative party chairman, told Emma Barnett on Radio 5 Live this morning that requiring migrant care workers to pay the NHS surcharge was “immoral”. He said:
It’s appalling, it’s immoral. We depend in our care homes on people who come from other countries. I think this is monstrous that people who come from overseas to help and risk their lives in really difficult circumstances aren’t treated properly.
There’s a basic sense of fair play in this country which I hope Mr Johnson will recognise. It would be madness and wickedness not to recognise the contribution which these people are making. It would be awful if we were to make people pay more when they are making such a big contribution to the well-being of older people in society.