Alongside the printed article in the previous posting is a box comparing British and French healthcare. It refers to the expression "from the cradle to the grave" - a term which I think was created by Winston Churchill and referred to the welfare state in general. These days the phrase might be adapted to read, "from the possibly fatherless cradle perhaps to a second-rate education, to a high risk of unemployment via an uncivil society to a miserable state pension with an increased risk of MRSA and thus an early grave".

Posted by James Bartholomew • Indexed in General

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