Peter Rhodes on tanks, victim blaming and living in an age of syndromes
Britain, France, Germany and the States are preparing to send tanks to the Ukrainian army. This may seem odd, given that tanks have been zapped in their hundreds by the new masters of the battlefield, the drones.
But those who have served in tank regiments have boundless faith in them . As one veteran told the media a few days ago: “Tanks are like dinner jackets; you don’t need them very often, but when you do, nothing else will do.” Possibly true – but you could say exactly the same about straitjackets.
There's no shortage of people to blame for the crisis in the NHS. Blame it on successive governments. Blame it on the present Government. Blame it on those convenient, anonymous and decidedly overpaid NHS managers. But whoever you blame, don't blame the patients.
