MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'david cameron'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139895&cid=t_175339_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F16%2Fthe-cause-of-rioting-thats-easy-rioters%2F British Prime Minister David Cameron attributed the recent riots in his to “the slow-motion moral collapse that has taken place in parts of our country these past few generations.”   The message may seem vaguely situationist at first blush, as Cameron emphasizes the problem of a “broken society.” But what he really seems to care about are the bad “choices” made by selfish, irresponsible individuals. Cameron’s comments resemble remarks he’s made in the past.  In 2008, according to one account, he declared that “people who are fat, poor or addicted to drugs could only have themselves to blame.” It’s a one-size-fits-all ideology:  If you have problems, look in the mirror! To be fair, Cameron does acknowledge one situational... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139895 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:42:14 +0100 5139895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130734&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FC8uOd_7qKvg%2F By Jim HarperOfficials in London are looking everywhere but the mirror for places to affix blame for the recent riots. Beyond the immediate-term answer, individual rioters themselves, the target of choice seems to be “social media.” Prime Minister David Cameron is considering banning Facebook, Twitter, and Blackberry Messenger to disable people from organizing themselves or reporting the locations and activity of the police. Nevermind substantive grievance. Nevermind speech rights. We’ve got scapegoats to find! [Events like this are nothing but a vessel into which analysts pour their ideological preconceptions, so here's a sip of mine: Just like a spoiled child doesn't grow up to be a gracious and kind adult, a population sugar-fed on entitlements doesn't become a meek an... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130734 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:45:47 +0100 5130734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676765&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6P-uydf45mM%2F By Daniel J. MitchellA new study from the Adam Smith Institute in the United Kingdom provides overwhelming evidence that class-warfare tax policy is grossly misguided and self-destructive. The authors examine the likely impact of the 10-percentage point increase in the top income tax rate, which was imposed as an election-year stunt by former prime minister Gordon Brown and then kept in place by his feckless successor, David Cameron. They find that boosting the top tax rate to 50 percent will slow economic performance. And because of both macroeconomic and microeconomic responses, tax revenues over the next 10 years are likely to drop by the equivalent of more than $550 billion. Here's a key paragraph from the executive summary of the new study. The country is suffering from a 50%-­plus ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676765 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:15:59 +0100 4676765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670092&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4FnzF_Gc8-c%2F By Daniel J. MitchellLondon was just hit by heavy riots as part of a protest against the "deep" and "savage" budget cuts of the Cameron government. This is not the first time the UK has endured riots. The welfare lobby, bureaucrats, and other recipients of taxpayer largesse are becoming increasingly agitated that their gravy train may be derailed. The vast majority of protesters have been peaceful, but some hooligans took the opportunity to wreak havoc. These nihilists apparently call themselves anarchists, but are too ignorant to understand the giant disconnect of adopting that title while at the same time rioting for bigger government and more redistribution. My anarcho-capitalist friends must be embarrassed by the potential linkage with these hooligans. Speaking of rage, Paul Krugman is... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670092 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:20:09 +0100 4670092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337917&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGJo0LYB6W9A%2F By Walter OlsonIn Britain, the coalition government of David Cameron hopes to stimulate much-needed hiring by reducing state interference with private employers’ right to choose their own workforces. Per the Telegraph, Cameron “hopes that relaxed employment laws will help to boost the private sector and encourage firms to take on thousands of new workers.” For all the high hopes, the changes are in fact quite modest. Newly hired workers will wait two years, rather than one, before obtaining the power to challenge later firings before official tribunals. To discourage doomed or trivial claims, disgruntled workers will be charged a fee for resorting to a tribunal. The smallest employers will be exempted from some portions of the law, and so forth. Judged by the “emplo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337917 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:12:10 +0100 4337917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133665&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxOTI9btkngc%2F By Daniel J. MitchellWe’ve been spending too much time on elections, so let’s get back to pointing out inane, foolish, and destructive government policies. Our latest example comes from the United Kingdom, where politicians are pushing airline ticket taxes to punitive levels and harming the tourism industry. But the real lesson from this story is that it is very dangerous to give politicians a new revenue source. The airline ticket tax was first imposed by a (supposedly) Conservative Party government in 1994 at a maximum rate of 10 pounds. During the Blair/Brown Labor Party reign, the tax was boosted to a maximum rate of 50 pounds. Now, the new government, led by ostensible Conservative David Cameron, is pushing the maximum tax up to 75 pounds (more than $120) per ticket. Here... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133665 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:31:59 +0100 4133665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097906&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnaJcNTL0PJA%2F By Christopher PrebleYesterday, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Britain’s biggest defense cuts since World War II. The cuts affect the British military across the board. The Army will shed 7,000 troops; the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will each lose 5,000 personnel; the total workforce in the Ministry of Defence, including civilians, will contract by 42,000. The Navy’s destroyer fleet will shrink from 23 to 19. Two aircraft carriers — already under construction — will be completed, but one of the two will be either mothballed or sold within a few years. Whether the one remaining flattop in the British fleet will actually deploy with an operational fixed-wing aircraft is an open question. They’ve decided to jettison their Harriers; a technological marvel ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097906 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:56:31 +0100 4097906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4077232&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQTQlc2lMaiM%2F By Daniel J. MitchellHere are a handful of the posters being used in the United Kingdom to fight the perversely-destructive proposal to increase tax rates on capital gains. (for an explanation of why the tax should be abolished, see here) Which one is your favorite? I’m partial to the last one because of my interest in tax competition. But this isn’t just a popularity contest. With Obama pushing for higher capital gains rate in America, it’s important to find the most persuasive ways of educating people about the damage of class-warfare tax policy. By the way, “CGT” is capital gains tax, and “Vince” and “Cable” refers to Vince Cable, one of the politicians pushing this punitive class-warfare scheme. A Clever British Campaign against ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4077232 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:08:27 +0100 4077232 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914975&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fnvyyegbq8Jg%2F By Daniel J. MitchellAccording to news coverage, United Kingdom Prime Minister Cameron is imposing deep and savage budget cuts. I was interviewed by the BBC recently, for instance, and asked whether 25 percent spending reductions were too harsh. And here’s an excerpt from a New York Times story that is very representative of the news coverage. Like a shipwrecked sailor on a starvation diet, the new British coalition government is preparing to shrink down to its bare bones as it cuts expenditures by $130 billion over the next five years and drastically scales back its responsibilities. The result, said the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a research group, will be “the longest, deepest sustained period of cuts to public services spending” since World War II. …Public-sector unio... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914975 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:30:32 +0100 3914975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699485&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFLyk-xzuIJo%2F By Daniel J. MitchellAs the chart below indicates, the United Kingdom has a large budget deficit solely because government spending has increased to record levels (OECD data). Unfortunately, the new Tory-Liberal coalition government has decided that taxpayers should be punished for all the over-spending that occurred when the Labor government was in charge. The Telegraph reports that the top capital gains rate will jump to 28 percent, up from 18 percent (the new government foolishly thinks this will result in more revenue). But the biggest change is that the value-added tax will increase to 20 percent. According to Business Week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the British equivalent of Treasury Secretary) actually bragged that the VAT increase was good since it would generate “13 ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699485 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:03:37 +0100 3699485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3690822&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFLyk-xzuIJo%2F By Daniel J. MitchellAs the chart below indicates, the United Kingdom has a large budget deficit solely because government spending has increased to record levels (OECD data). Unfortunately, the new Tory-Liberal coalition government has decided that taxpayers should be punished for all the over-spending that occurred when the Labor government was in charge. The Telegraph reports that the top capital gains rate will jump to 28 percent, up from 18 percent (the new government foolishly thinks this will result in more revenue). But the biggest change is that the value-added tax will increase to 20 percent. According to Business Week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (the British equivalent of Treasury Secretary) actually bragged that the VAT increase was good since it would generate “13 ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3690822 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:03:37 +0100 3690822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3563953&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3EvyfoWCfPY%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThe chart below shows everything you need to know about why the United Kingdom is a fiscal disaster. Over the past 10 years, the burden of government spending has skyrocketed from 36.6 percent of GDP to more than 53 percent of GDP. Taxes, meanwhile, have remained largely unchanged, averaging about 40 percent of GDP. Since the OECD numbers show that the fiscal crisis in the U.K. is solely the result of a bloated public sector, the obvious solution is … you guessed it, higher taxes. David Cameron’s new coalition government has announced support for a higher capital gains tax and is signalling that this will be followed by an increase in the value-added tax. There are some proposals to curtail the growth of spending, including some pay cuts for Prime Minster C... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3563953 Thu, 13 May 2010 16:11:46 +0100 3563953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526725&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fheqs31Ut9lk%2F By adminBritain may have given the world freedom as we understand it (i.e. see The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns by Benjamin Constant), but you would not know it from the last prime ministerial debate that took place last Thursday. The candidates (Conservative David Cameron, Labour’s Gordon Brown and Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg) used the word “freedom” only 2 times. They said the word “free” 5 times, but all in the context of the supposedly “free” goodies, which they promised to lavish on the electorate. Words “responsible” and “responsibility” fared somewhat better (4 times). But the winning words were “fair” and “fairness” that were mentioned 22 times — almost always in connection with taxing the rich. Here is a typical example: Bro... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526725 Mon, 03 May 2010 15:37:16 +0100 3526725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519469&cid=t_175339_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D3000 I voted labour in every election (apart from my very first) up to and including 1997.  This is about my feelings for the 2010 election.  Make up your own mind (but don’t let Rupert Murdoch manipulate you). Downloadable button from Mark Golding at http://www.coia.org.uk Don’t Get Fooled Again “I agree with Rupert“ By 2001 election, I had been forced to the conclusion that Tony Blair had views that were well to the right of Margaret Thatcher’s, in many areas that mattered to me. so I voted Lib Dem. That was before 9/11 After that event, all doubt was gone, so the 2005 election it was Lib Dem again.  I won’t even consider the Conservative party much.  I have never understood how anyone could vote for them, ever. The only choic... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519469 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:30:42 +0100 3519469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443772&cid=t_175339_109_f&fid=34786&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrmichelletempest.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Felection-has-been-called-change-is.html (Source: The Psychiatrist Blog) The Psychiatrist Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443772 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:55:00 +0100 3443772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3363696&cid=t_175339_109_f&fid=34786&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrmichelletempest.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdavid-cameron-talking-about-economy.html (Source: The Psychiatrist Blog) The Psychiatrist Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3363696 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:23:00 +0100 3363696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342635&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHyUyM2zAuy4%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonThe mystery man quoted in the title is none other than David Cameron, head of the British Conservative party. It isn’t that Cameron likes the ineffeciency, social conflict, and unresponsiveness to parents that often characterize state schooling. It’s that he ”would like to see… choice and autonomy and diversity in the state sector.” I would like to see winged-gazelles, sunny winters in Seattle, and a brilliant remake of The Thin Man series. We’ll both be waiting a good long time. Surely the Conservative party has a competent economist who could explain to Mr. Cameron why state schools tend to lack the features we take for granted in the free enterprise sector, and that by nationalizing more of Britain’s independent schools he... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342635 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:02:43 +0100 3342635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3279934&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fshould-andrew-lansley-take-money-from.html A fascinating clip. David Cameron caught on the hop and squirming so much that he forgets Lord McColl's first name.  Once, long ago, Dr Crippen was Lord McColl's houseman. I can still remember his first name. It's Ian, not Hugh.+++++++++++++Yesterday, in Andrew Lansley caught troughing, we looked in detail at some of the activities of Care UK, and at Andrew Lansley's acceptance of large sums of money, given by the wife of the Chairman of Care UK, to help him run his private office.Today, I have put the question "Should Andrew Lansley take money from the private health care industry" to Tim Montgomorie's Conservative Home. The response is here.We await Cameron's response to Andrew Lansley's office finance with interest. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3279934 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:55:00 +0100 3279934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405132&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fexpenses-scandal-decisive-leadership.html This is impressive and decisive leadership from David Cameron. Action not words. Action not consultations. The MPs expenses scandal is one of the most difficult problems a party leader has ever faced. It is hard to know what more he could have done. A full and frank apology. No prevarication.  Conservative MPs instructed to pay back all excessive claims immediately or face the sack. Dr Crippen is impressed. Heavens, even the DK is impressed.Compare it with this:and then thisThen chose your leader. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405132 Tue, 12 May 2009 21:53:00 +0100 2405132 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367430&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fcutting-healthcare-budget.html With a annual budget now topping £2 billion a week, there are plenty of economies to be made in healthcare. And yet, like opposing the 50% (actually 63.5%) new top rate of tax, David Cameron is between a rock and hard place if he suggests cuts in the NHS. Dr Crippen writes elsewhere to suggest to David Cameron that he could make a start by sacking an NHS BLOG DOCTOR favourite. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367430 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:16:00 +0100 2367430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1516440&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fwhat-will-tory-leadership-do-with-david.html Dr Crippen speculates here.My ageing Greek friend gives an outstanding analysis of the superficial and judgmental way the main stream media (and in particular the biased BBC) has so far covered the resignation:This is the only way to draw attention to the erosion of our liberties, he’s saying; the only way to force a public debate on the issues, because media coverage is so superficial; in the age of 24-hour news, it’s all about what happened earlier and what happens next, and almost never about what’s actually happening.Mr E (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1516440 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:35:00 +0100 1516440 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1418426&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fboris-boozer-fool-and-archbishop-of.html Boris JohnsonWhat is an alcoholic? I do not know. I never use the word “alcoholic” in a medical, diagnostic context. To most, the word “alcoholic” conjures up a picture of an unshaven man drinking Carlsberg Special Brew at breakfast time, the tin partially concealed in a brown paper bag. Drinkers everywhere take comfort that they have not reached that stage. They may still have a serious problem. When I was a medical student – and at that stage I was partial to a pint, as were most medical students – I had an attachment with a well respected local GP. He drank gargantuan amounts of alcohol. His unit count must have been in three figures. He stopped drinking. Every year. For a month. From 1st to 31st of January. He was quite open about this. “I do it to prove that I am in cont... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1418426 Sat, 03 May 2008 10:12:00 +0100 1418426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1375055&cid=t_175339_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fdumbing-down-out-of-hours-service.html New Labour out of hours HCPOver ten years ago I was heavily involved in setting up a GP co-operative to rationalise and manage the out of hours on call committment. We had active support from the government including access to and meetings with both Norman Lamont and Virginia Bottomley. The co-operatives were a cost efficient method of ensuring that patients received quality out of hours care form local experienced family doctors.We started our co-operative from nothing. I remember when I and one other colleague opened the first bank account with a float of a couple of thousand pounds raised by approaching other local GPs. We drew up a business plan and approached the bank manager for help. We needed to rent premises, buy or rent half a dozen cars, purchase expensive radio equipment and ab... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1375055 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:27:00 +0100 1375055