Posts about × British daily newspaper The Guardian claims to have published an article claiming that white people should be at the “end of the queue” for NHS treatment.
What the heck is this? Adding to the race-mongering…this is no way to unify the British people. The NHS should be colour-blind. pic.twitter.com/83gsOWvFoa
— Paul Thorpe Official (@ThorpeWatch) December 30, 2024
Verdict: False
No such article exists on the official website. The screenshot is fake.
Fact check:
Britain's public healthcare system, the National Health Service (NHS), has come under fire for what it sees as racism. August 2024 Report NHS Confederation highlighting data points from research conducted. Secondary research from British Medical Association It was revealed that at least 23% of non-white workers would consider leaving a job in the industry because of racial discrimination.
In a post on X, one columnist's solution to this is to argue that white people should be the last to be treated by the NHS. The caption says this is “racism” and that the NHS should be “colorblind”. It includes a screenshot of an article purportedly published in the Guardian, a historic British newspaper
There is no record of this article in the Guardian. Websitethe screenshot is believed to have been fabricated. (Related: Does President Trump want to make Britain a nation?)
The article was written by an author named Yasmin Alibi-Brown, who has not published it in the Guardian since. 2016. Alibi Brown writes: race She has admitted in the past that “racism by Asian British and black British people against white people is increasing and is not being honestly addressed.” She doesn't bring up the topic. X accountAnd none of her articles come up that match “white NHS”. google search.
The original post was accompanied by a community note informing new viewers that the article was fake.
