It’s unnatural ! !

Madness . . . ! !

“Our Liberal-Conservative government will take Britain in a historic new direction. A direction of hope and unity, conviction and common purpose. A new politics where the national interest is more important than the party interest.”

• David Cameron, unelected UK Prime Minister

This is at complete variance with the doctrine of our venerable former Prime Minister John Howard, who insisted that the first duty of Liberal candidates elected to the Australian Parliament is to their party.

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The Lancet gets it right yet again

At this stage in the wash-up of the UK general election, it looks like The Lancet got it right. Yes, yet again!

In its editorial of 1 May (which it grandly called its “general election manifesto”), The Lancet oraculated:

Health will be only one of many issues influencing your vote on May 6. And, to be fair, all three main political parties have important and interesting ideas to offer. A fact that leads us to look forward to an era of cooperation and collaboration in a hung parliament.

UPDATE

The Lancet now has rightly lauded the Rudd Government’s bold initiative to force Big Tobacco to sell its deadly products in plain packaging.

Australia, a world leader in the battle against smoking, stays in pole position with the government there announcing plans, from July, 2012, to force cigarette manufacturers to remove all branding colours and logos from cigarette packs. ... Australia's new anti-tobacco initiative is an historic event, and other countries now need to follow suit.

This historic event is one that a well-known rupertblogger derided as “a trivial campaign on smoking.” Happily the Bolt politburo is powerless to stop it.

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