A message for Iain….
on Nov 19, 2009 in -The right to live: The right to die Creep Death Euthanasia Medical Education Suicide The Witch Doctor has just tried to post a comment on one of the BMJ blogs. However she was asked for a user name and password. We witches treat User Names and Passwords with disdain and so I have posted my comment to Iain below. Now, The Witch Doctor...

An antipodean missile!
on Nov 18, 2009 in Health Policies Healthcare “Gammon’s Law” In a bureaucratic system, increases in expenditure will be matched by fall in production. Such systems will act like black holes in the economic universe, simultaneously sucking in resources and shrinking in terms of...

The problem with bananas
on Nov 17, 2009 in Communitarinaism Competencies Creep Department of Health Health Economics Health Policies Medical Education Medical workforce National Practitioner Skills escalator The Third Way charity The fact that all nurses will now require to have degrees, indicates that the major restructuring of staff planned within the NHS for some years now, is imminent. Almost simultaneously it has been leaked that the Department of Health have proposed to...

Judge, Jury and a victory for Gordon Brown?
on Nov 13, 2009 in Democracy The Jury Team Sir Paul Judge My Black Cat and I have been interested in The Judge and his Jury Team for some time now. The Witch Doctor does not know why she is interested. She just is. My Black Cat, on the other hand, says she is interested because she smells a rat! Now, you s...

Bottled water from the moon?
on Nov 13, 2009 in BREAKING NEWS water on the moon We witches are great lovers of the moon, the stars, milky way – in fact everything in the sky. We like the earth too, but its inhabitants drive us batty most of the time. It was reported in September of this year that there might be water on th...

Mangling democracy!
on Nov 11, 2009 in Common Purpose Communitarinaism Creep Democracy European Union Freedom Freedom of speech Leadership The Third Way charity conspiracy theories So, My Black Cat, you’re at it again trying to scare the wits out of every one with your conspiracy theories. You are getting very excited because it is reaching mainstream newspapers! What is? Democracy is being put through a mangle. It is being f...

Hold on! This is about freedom!
on Nov 8, 2009 in Creep Democracy Department of Health Freedom Freedom of speech Alan Johnson Professor David Nutt It is difficult to take time off from blogging to do other things, because there is always some important drama or another going on in our society that seems to make the computer keyboard beckon. Sometimes, My Black Cat asks me why these dramas happe...

“The Good Death”
on Nov 6, 2009 in -The right to live: The right to die Euthanasia Suicide Assisted suicide Ethnic cleansing INTOVERTED, SELFISH, TIDY, CONFUSED, NAVAL-GAZERS, OR VICTIMS OF A NEW WORLD PHILOSOPHY? The colourful language used by the Dr Rants of the world may disgust some people. We witches are not disgusted by it even although we ourselves choose to express...

Going, going……
on Nov 2, 2009 in Spells GONE! The Witch Doctor and My Black Cat are wending our way home after The Great Big Party! Two days and two nights it went on! We didn’t think we were in a fit state to be in charge of The Old Rickety Broomstick! (The Broomstick Maker is still...

Interlude: The Oldies Club
on Nov 2, 2009 in The Oldies Club Dog Rescue SOME MAGIC FOR BEN Although we witches are usually associated with our Black Cats, it is often not appreciated that we are soft on all animals and are usually surrounded by a veritable menagerie in addition to our feline helpers. Being one of the mos...