On television Lansley demonstrates that the Secretary of State is in charge – whilst continuing the pretence that he isn't.

Harold Wilson once famously said that a week is a long time in politics.

Apparently the current Secretary of State for Health is quite chipper as he goes about his work at the moment. Looking forward to implementing his Act and paying no attention at all to the very deep mess into which he plunged the Government and the NHS only 10 weeks ago. For him these have been 10 weeks during which apparently everyone has forgotten that he was about to finish off the NHS.

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