Battered though the NHS may be, I don't think a day passes without me feeling grateful for the Fact we've still got it.
Right now I’ve got a special reason for that, with a cataract operation a couple of weeks ago. Amazing - less discomfort than a haircut, and now everyday it feelsss if the sun has come out, and I don't need my glasses.

I'm always puzzled how it is the Conservative party always seems to fail to recognise that in damaging cherished national institutions like the NHS (and the BBC) they are betraying the founding. principle expressed in their name.

I am pretty sure that most Tory voters I know feel that way about the NHS. But the party follows the money.

And you get properly well, Steve.