The COVID-19 inquiry is far too interested in the minutiae. The fact that The resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom report mentions underlying health conditions like obesity only once in … (View Post)

We need to get out of this mindset. There's loads of human potential, plenty of cash swimming around. On most indicators the UK is one of the best places to live in the world, with an advanced e… (View Post)

This is getting ridiculous. Board it, drag it into Hartlepool, put it into a Malmesbury-style 15-year investigation/purgatory. I note the Russians don't play games with Turkey after they shot th… (View Post)

This IVF thing is just silly. It represents 0.03% of the health budget. Maybe we should have a look at obesity instead? (View Post)

A small defence of ditching the two-child limit - of all government spending, that on children tends to have the most positive long term impacts on everything from health to crime to the economy. I d… (View Post)