Vix Lowthion and IW Green party 1940s tea party

Green Party celebrate the birth of the NHS at 1940s tea party

This in from Vix Lowthion, in her own words, Ed


The Isle of Wight Green Party held a 1940s Tea Party last Saturday in Gurnard with all the trimmings, including cakes and scones and fabulous entertainment from Miss Patsy Cabaret.

A tribute to birth of the NHS
Fifty friends and supporters joined in a good old sing song – with such torch songs as White Cliffs of Dover, My Old Man said Follow the Van, and Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.

The afternoon was a tribute to the 1940s period – a time when our NHS was established to provide ‘free health aid to all’ at public expense.

Green Party Parliamentary Candidate, Vix Lowthion, remarked,

“Our parents and our grandparents had a vision in the mid 1940s that as a nation we would prioritise health, and build a free to access national service of which to be so very proud.

“In 2015, we are in very real danger of losing this public service to a succession of private businesses and shareholder led organisations. This was a timely reminder of a period when our government emphasised that a better life for all was within our power.

“Let us not forget what a fantastic institution the NHS is for everyone in our country today.”

Daily Telegraph from 1940s
Vix Lowthion and Patsy Cabaret
Iw Green party 1940s Tea Party