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Originally Posted by Traduk
The Guardian.... The font of all knowledge with unbiased comments by a doctor who just happens to be a Conservative MP.
I said "beloved" by politicians amongst others who wish to make a point. Of course they are not created by politicians. The only things politicians appear to do on the creative front is to make a bigger mess than that in existence.
I have looked at many of the statistics available and from what I have seen there appears to be a lot of rather clever use of all age statistics which invariably push up the upper range. A friend of mine worked for a period of time as an actuary before going back into accountancy and as he used to "cherry pick to prove your point, put the onus on others to disprove".
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Erm, the Guardian article was written by a journalist, so nice try at moving the goalposts by remarking on one of the comments (btw, I couldn't find any comments on that page by a Conservative MP) thus avoiding entirely the point (have to say it's the first time I have heard the Guardian being regarded as anti-NHS/Doctors...).
Re actuaries, thank you for the anecdote - however, you appear to be confusing political statistics and actuarial statistics - do you honestly believe that all the life insurance and pension companies are lying about their projections, because that is what you appear to be implying?
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Originally Posted by Traduk
There was a reason for not commenting.
Google his bio and perhaps you can find out why.
GP's do not fit the typical career profile of a purely NHS doctor but they are not alone.
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Wow!
Well, I'll guess we'll never know your reason for not commenting, then, because I have 'googled his bio' and can't see any reason....