Monthly Archives: July 2011

Good and bad cuts

It’s reported that NHS managers are delaying surgery in the hope that patients will die first or go private. The justification is that the NHS has to find £20bn in spending cuts by 2015. Meanwhile, there is scope in traffic … Continue reading

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J’accuse (again)

Is collective grief worse than individual grief? The attacks in Norway are shocking, but the shock and grief are shared. Meanwhile, on UK roads, 30,000 are killed and injured every year, condemning families and friends to enduring loss and pain. The unremitting, … Continue reading

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Traffic control – a failure

If I know one thing, it’s that human nature is simiar the world over. Those who claim that live-and-let-live on the roads will only work in “courteous” countries know nothing. In France and Belgium where I spent time recently, the … Continue reading

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