As part of their campaign against the NHS government advisers have begun the process of vetting people's habits and backgrounds before they are allowed access to hospital care. Questions about drinking, smoking and eating habits should be routinely asked, they suggest, to provide a basis for denying medical care. We asked our NHS reporter for his view; "You can already see how this is going to work. If you drink, smoke and are overweight you deserve to get cancer and will be allowed to die. No one likes drunks, smokers or fat people so the measure will probably prove popular amongst an electorate that is being desensitised to the needs of other people by a political party dedicated to selfishness. The one question that isn't being asked is 'Do you vote Tory?' Surely the best reason for denying people treatment by the NHS."
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