Blogger’s Note: Coming from an NHS family (we believe in Socialism – end of story) – I know that the Tories began the destruction of the NHS in 1979 (switching the onus from “care” to “cost” – and opening of the once “illegal” internal markets) – with the LibDems and New Labour assisting this process as the decades rolled by. Instead of granting NHS staff more pay (fitting to their qualifications, profession, and workload – they work day and night 12-hour shifts contrary to Union legislation and trading law) – the Tories came-up with the demeaning idea that between shifts, Midwives and Nurses can present a special letter of dispensation to their nearest Food Bank and receive a Food Parcel to feed their families. This is part of the ongoing “de-skilling” and “false crisis” that has its root in a deliberate lack of government funding at source. We continue to pay for a fully-funded NHS through Income Tax (a tax that is currently at an all-time high) – but receive a sub-standard service which is getting worse everyday – in preparation for full-privatisation (our tax is being given to Zionist Israel, Neo-Nazi Ukraine, and privileged groups of incomers – with even North Americans now seeking asylum from Trump in the UK). Until 2010, people in the UK had never heard of Food Banks – but the Tories and LibDems abolished the old UK (1948) system of welfare – which granted a money income to retain dignity – and adopted the US system which is designed to demean as it assists (barely). I am not surprised this individual (below) stole UK government laptops to eat (I certainy do not judge him) – as these devices are military-grade, sold at cost price, and do not have the usual “redundancy” built-in that is common-place within the commercial market. Consumerism demands that longterm stability is abandoned for short-term market stimulation (i.e., things need to be replaced regularly – and this costs money). This prevents the working class from saving their income and using items designed to last decades – not weeks, months, or years (such as denim jeans and the like). Credit where credit is due – within Islam – free food and drink must be provided “free” to every citizen and it is not a crime to steal to eat. ACW (17.1.2-26)
An IT worker has admitted stealing laptops from the NHS to sell them online.
David Polwarth, 44, was employed by the NHS and working in Carlisle when police were contacted after a stocktake revealed four missing computers.
Polwarth was one of the “trusted employees” to have access to a secure facility where the equipment was kept, the city’s magistrates’ court heard.
He admitted four counts of theft and was handed a 12-month community order requiring him to complete 100 hours’ unpaid work.
Prosecutor Diane Jackson told the court that police were contacted in March amid suspicions that the laptops, each valued at £275, had been stolen.
“They could also see that some of the items had been put up for sale on eBay,” she said.
She said Polwarth’s initials matched the ones on the seller account and a search of his home found two of the missing laptops.
“It was later found he had previously sold two,” the prosecutor said.
‘Selling for food’
Polwarth, of Grasmere Street, Carlisle, resigned from his post before any disciplinary proceedings from his employer, the court heard.
In a statement, an NHS spokesman described Polwarth’s actions as a “breach of trust”.
“He was working for the NHS at a time of financial pressure and has taken laptops to sell for his own gain,” he said.
Katie Scattergood, mitigating, said Polwarth had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and was selling the laptops to buy food.
“It is more out of necessity than any other reason,” she said.
As well as the community order, district judge Philip Holden ordered Polwarth to pay £550 compensation to the NHS for the two laptops that were not recovered.
He told the defendant: “[Your crime] is aggravated by the position of trust that you found yourself in.”
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 