Yes, Bluesky is the first twitter alternative that actually works, and as the Xodus continues it gets better each week. There is far more interesting comment and much more civil. Politicians and jour… (View Post)

Somewhere I have a 1997 election pledge card signed by him and given out by him personally at a campaign stop in Loughborough. Prescott was a flawed individual, as we all are, but was key to the New … (View Post)

I don't watch hospital shows as a general rule. It must be even worse for the police. I need to escape work not watch it for entertainment. I think the moral danger is more obvious in Medicine, … (View Post)

Keeping the right balance between empathy and objectivity is the hardest bit to being a Doctor. Over empathise with patients and you risk losing objectivity in their treatment, don't empathise e… (View Post)

Yes, it is one of a number of reasons that I am not keen on the Euthanasia* Bill. I have seen it too many times, and sometimes in myself. It's not just being glad that someone's suffering i… (View Post)