Jeremy Hunt, insane-o-naut

(Written 07/10/2012)

I see from the news that Minister for making short, sharp quacking noises, Jeremy Hunt (also claiming to be Minister for Health, but I don't have to believe that if I don't want to) has proposed that the limit for abortions should be reduced to twelve weeks.

Now, I wouldn't normally offer a single word on such an emotive subject, especially as it was comprehensively explained to me many, many years ago that "No uterus, no opinion" is the correct stance, but even I know that this is wrong. Some people are against abortion, and they have good personal reasons for taking that view. For them, though, this will not be pleasing news, as only a reduction to zero weeks will suit them. Others may have good reasons for allowing abortion in certain circumstances only. Yet more may be happy with abortion on demand, and may be able to justify it entirely. For those groups, too, this proposal will not be good news.

Whether I share any of those views is neither here nor there. What I do know is that some menopausal women may not realise that they are pregnant by the twelve week stage. In fact, some only realise it about five minutes before the baby appears, but even I know that's really too late to consider a termination. Women with anorexia or other body issues may not know they are pregnant until well into the second trimester. Same goes for certain drug users. There are others who fall into the same category, all of them surprised by their doctor's diagnosis. If Hunt has his way, some of those women will be condemned to carrying a child to full term (others will be delighted, of course, but my concern is not with them). This is wrong, with a capital WRONG.

The man is an idiot.

Jeremy Hunt is a believer in, and advocate of homoeopathy. Such a belief should automatically disbar him from being Minister for Health, if for nothing other than health professionals will not be able to talk to him and retain a straight face. There is no scientific research that supports homoeopathy, in fact every single paper on it can be summarised as "This theory is a pile of dingo's kidneys." Prove it for yourself, friends! Give a child a glass of orange squash. Allow them to drink it, yet retain a drop or two in the glass. Refill the glass with water, hand it to your tiny research assistant, bid them drink, then try to persuade them that it's "more orange-y".

Homoeopathy presumes that water has a rudimentary intelligence, in that it has a "memory" of the substance that was diluted in it. Pshaw!, I say. And bollox, too. Hunt is clearly a fool.

Just how big a fool, though?

Well, this is the chap who was summoned to the Levinson Enquiry and asked searching questions about his relationship with the Murdoch Empire, with specific reference to the takeover of BSkyB, what with all the emails saying "We met Jeremy Hunt and he agreed we ought to take it over, plus he said he'd do all he could to help us" and that. Despite the emails, diary entries, and more corroborating evidence, our current Minister for Health maintained throughout that he had no recollection of any relationship with the Murdochs. No memory of anything at all, really.

In other words, Jeremy Hunt has less intelligence than WATER.