Quote Originally Posted by Eric Cartman View Post
They said people should buy their council houses, they had to bribe them to do it. They said schools should pursue academy status, they had to bribe them to do it. Now they say hospitals should sell 'surplus' land, how will they go about achieving it?

Selling something for what it is worth doesn't count as an efficiency saving.
Correct me if I'm wrong but selling off surplus NHS land has been the policy of both political Parties and the Right to Buy Council houses (though started by the Tories) also carried on under Labour. As for Academies the Labour Government under Tony Blair established academies through the Learning and Skills Act 2000, which amended the section of the Education Act 1996 relating to City Technology Colleges. They were first announced in a speech by David Blunkett, then Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in 2000. (Source Wikipedia)