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Andrew Lansley: unlucky or incompetent?

BMJ 2012; 345 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e6067 (Published 07 September 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e6067

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Re: Andrew Lansley: unlucky or incompetent?

Government is so consistently corrupt that the party in power always looks worse than the party out of power, none of which ever changes with elections, regardless of party, platform, promises, or intentions. To quote Lord Acton, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

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10 September 2012
Hugh Mann
Physician
Retired
Eagle Rock, MO, USA