Speaking at the G20 summit in Brisbane, David Cameron has said that he needs to
persuade the public about the merits of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership (TTIP). I agree, and believe that the best and most
straightforward way to accomplish such persuasion is to ensure that negotiations
as to the terms of trade under TTIP be held publicly, rather than secretly as is
currently the case. I urge you to withhold support for TTIP until such time as
its proposed terms would become public. To do less would be to risk a back-door
privatisation of essentially public services such as the NHS -- whose
selling-off to contractors such as Serco already has damaged morale, staff
retention (especially amongst nursing staff) and quality of service at our own
nearby Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital.