ANDY BURNHAM - CONFLICTING INTERESTS, CONFLICTING ADVICE

On BBC Radio Four this morning, Andy Burnham MP and Minister of Health (sic) was asked about the conflicting advice from the government about Swine Flu and this is not surprising. Should we travel or not, should we avoid crowds, Public Transport, major indoor sporting events or concerts; should we call NHS Direct or our GP etc etc etc. ????? Well as one might expect from Andy Pandy, sometimes he dances on his masters strings and sometimes he seems to pull them. Suffice it to say that according to Burnham "its not for Ministers to tell people what to do !" (shurely some mistake. Ed?)

This is quite an astonishing climb down from Andy Fluoride PLC or maybe even a handbrake turn. First he pushes fluoride through the Commons and gets the crap on the Labour agenda. But he clearly states that it will only happen with the full consent of the public in the targeted area and during the "consultation" in Southampton even Gordon Brown repeats this promise. Then of course when the good people of Southampton tell him clearly to flush the idea down the toilet its all change again. Democracy is thrown out of the window, all previous pledges are abandoned and the "medical evidence and science" must out weigh public opinion and wishes. One must presume that this is a reference to the cheques of unknown size that Burnham has been trousering from the British Fluoridation Society to whose tunes he normally dances.

According to Burnham we should not worry about swine flu but if we are concerned then we should all be frantically washing our hands at every opportunity to avoid contagion.... er! That's it! What type of soap should we use though. ordinary soap, industrial bleach or maybe even fluoride.??? After all the latter kills just about anything so it should work on the flu bugs too. Of course according to the all unknowing Gandhi Burnham its all entirely up to us, its not for gobbashites to dictate to us about such things. Now go wash your mouth out with fluoride, Burnham, and don't skimp on it neither, we all know how safe and effective it is and meanwhile we all will carefully wash our hands of the New Labour Project, its Targets, its league Tables, its Consultations, its promises and its dreadful tenth rate Ministers.