Due to the election last week, ITV felt obliged by the rules of the television regulator to embargo all basic publicity for John Pilger’s landmark film, The Dirty War on the NHS. The question arises: What exactly is the impartial role of the regulator, OFCOM?
The subject of the film – the privatisation of the NHS — was a major, critical issue in the election campaign; and whilst people could see Pilger’s film in the cinema, they were denied the opportunity to see it at a time when the NHS and its growing privatisation were brought to the forefront of British politics.
The issue now is this. The election is over, but what now for the National Health Service? Who will restore it? Who will protect it? If you watch nothing else this week, please watch this important film. It affects all of you.
