I just created a countdown timer for the blog (let your eyes slide to the right, a little) to tell us how long we have left to organise the national demonstration in defence of the NHS which is planned for October 13th.

It turns out there are 99 days to go.

There is a meeting set for July 16th where the precise venue and other details will be decided, and hopefully national UNISON publicity will start to appear shortly after that. But there's no reason at all why we can't get on with other jobs in the meantime - members of other unions could be getting their own unions to declare support for the event, and union branches could be booking transport and informing members. After all, for branches outside of London, it doesn't matter much whether the venue is Finsbury Park or Kennington Park - members will either come to a national demonstration or they won't, and coach companies will take a booking for a trip to "London" without quibbling too much over the precise destination at this stage. After all, it's still 99 days away!