Dr Gordon’s prescription

Reports this evening that the Government’s latest initiative (health screening) had not been discussed with doctors’ leaders before it was unveiled. Just as worrying was Gordon Brown’s remark that “many of the [200,000 deaths a year from heart disease and strokes], indeed probably most of them, [are] avoidable if we did the right things.” I feel the clunking fist of Nanny.

Gordon’s Dunkirk Moment

“. . . Britain at its best in the past 24 hours”, with the evacuation of the Royal Marsden and the splendid work of the emergency services in evacuating patients and staff etc. etc., according to the Dear Leader (a man so lacking in charisma and charm, that he makes the Vulcan ~ you know whom I mean: John Redwood ~ seem entirely normal. Mr. Bean? At least he was funny). Anyway, leaving aside that the evacuation (which undoubtedly was carried out superbly) is what the emergency services are for, try telling commuters on the Western Main Line that this past day has seen Britain at its best.