‘The British Medical Journal’ recently warned that the risk to the NHS would be that it could never afford to return a service in-house once it was contracted out, and top QCs have warned that TTIP poses a real and serious risk to future UK Government decision making in respect of the NHS. This means, if we do remain in the EU, it will become harder and harder to keep the NHS in public hands. And Labour politicians from all levels and the trade unions have all attacked TTIP, yet those same politicians are arguing for us to remain as part of the EU.

The EU is incapable of reform. Faced with the possibility of Brexit, they couldn’t even agree the meagre changes sought by our timid Prime Minister. The EU dances to the tune of the big corporations and big money. This is clearly evident from the TTIP negotiations and the introduction of many laws that undermine the NHS. EU officials have imposed extensive expensive restrictions on the development of cancer drugs, with the clinical trials directive creating serious problems, delaying the testing of lifesaving drugs.

The European court will increasingly use the charter of fundamental rights to take more control of public health if we vote to stay. Remaining a member of the European Union is a clear and present danger to the very existence of our NHS. I say: don’t allow Brussels to take control of our NHS, don’t allow them to threaten patient safety, but, above all, don’t allow them to subject our NHS to the greed of the big US corporations, and secure the future of our NHS by voting ‘leave’ tomorrow. Diolch yn fawr.