Health Secretary
The doctors’ strike: Putting the medical profession in the firing line
There are nearly twenty million people unemployed across Europe today; that’s over 10% of the entire working population. Against this backdrop, for doctors to go on strike for the first time in a generation in protest of pension arrangements that will still leave us with a retirement income in excess of £50,000 a year, looks callous from any perspective.
By Dr Russell Razzaque | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 2:00 am
Increasing alcohol prices will only make “pre-loading” more appealing
I’m imagine David Cameron would have had more than five pints of lager on a night out with his Bullingdon Club friends while at university. Drinking more than five pints, by the way, is deemed ‘binge drinking.’
By Josh Barrie | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 26 March 2012 at 2:54 pm
Andrew Lansley knows the danger of real voters
The friend of Andrew Lansley was being sought to mount a vigil on the spot where the short Cabinet career of the Health Secretary finally came to a public end.
By Peter McHugh | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 21 February 2012 at 12:05 pm
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