tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post5668498661694073737..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Official: Healthy People Are A Drain On ResourcesDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-29339399936032111402009-08-27T22:43:27.165+01:002009-08-27T22:43:27.165+01:00Excellent find!
You'll be the first health mi...Excellent find!<br /><br />You'll be the first health minister to encourage people to do whatever makes them happy on the basis that not only does it make them happy, it saves the taxpayer money. Which makes the taxpayer happy.<br /><br />What's not to like?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-42571035783660675042009-08-26T18:36:48.458+01:002009-08-26T18:36:48.458+01:00I only mug healthy people for this very reason. I ...I only mug healthy people for this very reason. I like to think of myself as a latter day Robin Hood. But without the tights. Batman never returned them the bastard..BTSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-35229075304952500772009-08-26T12:06:32.987+01:002009-08-26T12:06:32.987+01:00To be fair to LeGrand he did admit, in a conversat...To be fair to LeGrand he did admit, in a conversation with Simon Clark on R5live, that he thought the risk posed by passive smoking was negligible and that the ban was brought in an attempt to stop active smoking. I don't agree with paternalism, but he says what he believes to be true and understands the statistics. A true health nazi would maintain that smokers cost the NHS billions each year. I'm pleased that the BBC has receive a heavy duty complaint about the shisha article. I posted a comment below it, but generally, comments critical of BBC health articles don't get published - they tend to show that the articles have been copied from press releases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-7361151379970127432009-08-26T06:53:21.991+01:002009-08-26T06:53:21.991+01:00Well, I'll believe it! I'll also believe t...Well, I'll believe it! I'll also believe <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/welfare-favours-the-middle-class-1475836.html" rel="nofollow">this.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-27251168628214793342009-08-26T05:41:30.142+01:002009-08-26T05:41:30.142+01:00They contradict themselves at every turn.They contradict themselves at every turn.Barking Spiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968827142725464915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-37921751165943597742009-08-25T23:09:56.180+01:002009-08-25T23:09:56.180+01:00The Ministry of State Propaganda have also been ca...The Ministry of State Propaganda have also been caught out:-<br /><br /><br />http://www.pr-inside.com/bbc-accused-of-gross-exaggeration-in-shisha-worse-than-cigarettes-story-r1453218.htmEar to the Wallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-63486781511983466222009-08-25T22:46:53.765+01:002009-08-25T22:46:53.765+01:00Julian LeGrand(The other side)
Julian LeGrand, fo...Julian LeGrand(The other side)<br /><br />Julian LeGrand, former Senior Policy Adviser to Tony Blair and one of the principal architects of the UK Government’s current public service reforms, then outlined his vision of 'new paternalism', arguing that the state should intervene in individuals' autonomy to protect them from the consequences of their own decisions.<br /><br />The FerrymanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-91663440321793847712009-08-25T22:36:17.198+01:002009-08-25T22:36:17.198+01:00Did I hear that right? Did he actually say that he...Did I hear that right? Did he actually say that healthy people cost the NHS more than unhealthy people? I need to sober up, cos I thought I heard Julien de fuckface say that healthy people cost more than unhealthy people on the NHS?<br /><br />Is the same man that said that smokers should get a certificate to buy tobacco products from their local supermarket, like a fucking junkie who needs his fix, is this the same Julien le Grande?<br /><br />Of course I'm gonna hang on to this arsewipes every word...not!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.com