Idiot Mp Wants Astrology On The Nhs !

[mikey4444]

This isn't a wind-up, I promise...he actually believes this daft nonsense !

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/astrologyloving-mp-david-tredinnick-convinced-practise-can-reduce-strain-on-nhs-9629150.html

You couldn't make it up if you tried. A famous Tory lady once declared that
"the NHS is safe in our hands"...well not this Tory perhaps.

[naomi24]

Mikey, //I am going to put you [Naomi] on the spot...if believing in a supernatural God is irrational, then why doesn't Astrology come into the same category ?//

Proof positive that you either don’t read, or you fail to comprehend, a word that anyone else says. See my post at 15.39 where I said “I imagine people who believe this stuff are cheered up by a positive horoscope.”

Why don’t you take a step back from your apparently relentless ‘outrage’ and think?

[mikey4444]

Being accused by you, of all people, of relentless outrage is high praise indeed naomi....thanks !

[naomi24]

You're welcome.

[RATTER15]

mikey, //Astrology is pure hokum and nothing but hokum. It has no basis in science whatsoever...none at all.//

Doesnt that also apply to religion, or am I missing something?

[mikey4444]

Ratter...be assured...you are missing nothing whatsoever !

Yes, of course it is and I have said it until I am blue in the face...look at my posts under Religion and Spirituality, or Supernatural as I prefer to call it. I have a good track record in exposing hokum wherever I see it !

[Kromovaracun]

The new science minister is also on record as having signed an endorsement of homeopathy back in 2007

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/15/greg-clark-homeopathy_n_5587829.html

[ToraToraTora]

Personally I think belief in this sort of old pony should exclude people from public office.

[mikey4444]

Ah !...homeopathy, the pseudo "science" that believes plain water can you you of pretty well everything ! A "science that has widely been seen not to work, at all, not even a little bit !

A fool and his or her money are soon parted, as the axiom goes.

[mikey4444]

This is more in the way of a pre-emptive strike, in case we get people saying how wonderful homeopathy is :::: from the Wiki entry ::::

"The American College of Medical Toxicology and the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology recommend that no one use homeopathic treatment for disease or as a preventive health measure. These organizations report that no evidence exists that homeopathic treatment is effective, but that there is evidence that using these treatments produces harm and can bring indirect health risks by delaying conventional treatment"

Not much wriggle room is there ?

[Alicat58]

I saw a TV programme some time ago about a monthly women's magazine. There was a meeting with all the journalists to 'make up' the following month's horoscope!
How on earth could this hokum reduce the strain on the NHS...do they do operations, scans, x-rays etc? Just another Tory crackpot!!