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Lord Darzi : offensively inoffensive
Lord Darzi : offensively inoffensive Alan, Ara &
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Lord Darzi is a clever guy. Of that there is no possible doubt. He is a highly accomplished, pioneering laparoscopic surgeon. That does not make it intuitively obvious why he should be able to provide what is being trailed by the government as the single most important NHS master plan since 1997. I suspect he has been picked for his voice. There is something enormously relaxing about his mellifluous tone and his gentle Irish cadences. Such a shame, then, that his report is a load of meaningless drivel.
Mobile phones cause HIV-Aids
Mobile phones cause HIV-Aids - 
Has Dr Crippen taken leave of his senses? Certainly not. It’s the newsagent's fault. This morning he accidentally delivered the “world’s greatest newspaper” rather than the normal “Independent on Sunday” and therein is an article by a much respected government advisor:
Why we should all read the "Daily Mail"
Most intelligent people caught reading the Daily Mail will have an explanation. “I found it on the train” or “They delivered the wrong paper this morning. I normally get The Times”. Truth be told, apart from the title, The Times is increasingly indistinguishable from the Daily Mail. But I digress. Ben Goldacre of “Bad Science” has a column in The Guardian, so you would think he reads The Guardian. And he probably does. But he reads the Daily Mail too. His excuse seems to be that “he has to” because he is a medical journalist. OK, Ben, I can go with that.
In discussing the effect of popular medical journalism he says:
David Davis on Liberty
Thank God for David Davis.
His speech could and should have been made in the House of Commons. It is a disgrace that the Speaker should decline to let him make the speech in the Commons. Yes, the issue was discussed yesterday, but when one of the most prominent English politicians, the shadow Home Secretary no less, resigns both his office and his seat in the House of Commons, he should be heard in the House of Commons. Michael Martin is the embodiment of partisan mediocrity and so perhaps we should not be surprised at his decision.
What is David Davis complaining about?
- The most intrusive identity card system in the world
- A CCTV camera for every 14 citizens
They told me it wasn't cancer
A lumpA characteristic bit of provocative shit-stirring from the BBC under the alarming headline, "they told me is wasn't cancer". I take a deep breath before reading BBC articles like this for they always start with some GP bashing along the lines of "I went to my GP eight times before he noticed my broken leg...". This article starts:
