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How do the political parties stack up against vets' wishes?
Author(s) -
Waters Adele
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.j2565
Subject(s) - politics , stack (abstract data type) , political science , business , computer science , law , programming language
EVER since Theresa May called the General Election last month, political pollsters have been predicting a Conservative victory.However, if recent political history has taught us anything, it's that political polling is not reliable and it would therefore be foolhardy to be complacent about the result.So, with less than two weeks before election day, it might be helpful to review the political parties' positions on the key issues that matter to the profession.This week we publish the BVA's manifesto (see p 508). With 11 out of 20 recommendations being written into the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat priorities for the next Parliament, it has clearly been influential.These main parties have published proposals for a range of issues, some pressing, some long outstanding and some that just keep reoccurring. So how do they compare?Number 1 on the BVA's manifesto is to secure the veterinary workforce for the future. Part of that means guaranteeing the working rights for non-British EU vets and VNs working and studying in the UK, at the existing level with no time limit.As this editorial argued a few weeks ago, our reliance on non-UK EU vets is significant but their future here has been thrown into question following the EU referendum.All the main parties support the BVA's position and …