THE Prime Minister's trip to Liverpool to announce her long-term NHS plan started well as booing crowds welcomed her to Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
Theresa May, who is announcing her delayed NHS plan just a week before her delayed Brexit vote takes place, was greeted by demonstrators lining the pavements, waving EU flags and booing.
Fitting welcome to Liverpool for Theresa May! #GTTO pic.twitter.com/0ZOfkCo6nD
— Dan Lewis (CWU NW Chair) (@Think_Become) January 7, 2019
Others chanted "Theresa May, go away" as her several-vehicle motorcade passed the group.
In 2016, Liverpool voted to stay in the EU by 58.2% and last year hosted a 5000-strong demonstration in favour of a People's Vote.
But today wasn't May's first time receiving such a greeting in the city — in June 2017, she was heckled and subject to chants of "shame on you" after a walk on the waterfront.
And this is the strong and stable woman who is going to unite us all before March 29?
Twitter users responded to the video, congratulating the people of Liverpool.
Good on you all. Her welcome was as cold as her heart 👍
— catherine dooley (@DooleyCatherine) January 7, 2019
#NHS10yearplan looks like the same old #Tory smoke and mirrors act. First of all the NHS needs 100,000 staff now. Can't keep relying on bank or agency staff as we now do. Reinstate the bursary immediately. Scrap the £35,000 migrant limit. Tory farce!
— Alan Royston (@pagechord) January 7, 2019
Is our PM there to tell us how after so many years of chronic under funding, she has a plan to help the NHS with her lie of “Brexit Dividend” ??😳😳😡#StopBrexitSaveBritain
— Jane Weston #FBPE (@JaneEJuanita) January 7, 2019
And the Scousers didn't let the PM away without a proper goodbye.
Demonstrators were still outside the hospital a couple of hours later, complete with chants of "out, out, out".
Theresa has had a proper Scouse send-off back to London from the great people of Liverpool!! #GTTO pic.twitter.com/x0wcSVUeYU
— Dan Lewis (CWU NW Chair) (@Think_Become) January 7, 2019
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