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Would you trust this man with the NHS?

September 4, 2012 11:29 am

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Jeremy Hunt has been promoted (!). He’s now the Health Secretary. In the unlikely event that you’d forgotten, this is how Jeremy Hunt performed his last role:

Just what you want in the minister responsible for one of the world’s biggest employers – someone who had to deny that he’s hidden behind a tree…

Update: It gets worse. Tom Chivers at The Telegraph has made a great spot, noting that Jeremy Hunt believes in Homepathy – that’s the belief that water has a memory, and that a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people will cure that disease in sick people. Here’s a comprehensive debunking by Ben Goldacre.

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  • rekrab

    The omnishambles rumbles on, Hunt in as NHS secretary, IDS refusing to move and Grayling appointed Justice Secretary, it’s a total farce and just to top it all the Olympics has already been declared a financial mess as retail sales fall 0.4% during August. Reshuffle? he should have just went for a general election.

  • williamtheconker

    He’s a slippery cove and no mistake.
    But his belief in homeopathy is his own personal tragedy and we should be gentle on him for that.
    Policy – that’s the stuff to focus on.

  • ColinAdkins

    Murdoch to move into Health Care provision? If so Lousie Mensch to head the company? Only joking, am I?

  • rekrab

    It crossed my mind also Colin, didn’t Murdoch suggest he was ready to enter a new business adventure and it wasn’t as though Hunt and Murdoch were avoiding each other giving their cosy seating  meetings at the Olympic stadium.

  • Brumanuensis

    Questions to which the answer is No, part 4637

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Graeme-Hancocks/1156294498 Graeme Hancocks

    Would you trust this man with the NHS?”   NO.

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