Gezzathorpe and a man called Horse !

Some of you old timers may remember a movie A Man Called Horse an old Richard Harris film. He wants to become a fully paid up member of an American Indian Tribe and be accepted as a warrior. Well, to cut a long and good story short, they subject him to many trials, including hanging him up with two meat hooks through his chest, (see fig 1 below). He passes the tests and survives, let’s get one thing straight, we are talking about one tough SOB. Compared to Gezzathorpe a resident at the rubber Ramada known as diabetes.co.uk forum Harris was a wimp. Check out this guys diet (fig. 2), bare in mind he is a type two diabetic on nil meds and on enough carbs to croak a horse, and yet this man, gets hypos. After a veritable carb blow-out his BG only went to 5.7 ! We are talking about a man that makes Horse look pretty tame indeed, and from henceforth Gezzathorpe will be known as Crazy Horse.

Some may know, for exceptional people we award them a special medal known as the Wallycorker prize. This was set up in honour of an exceptional man called Wallycorker. A man who to this day is the only man ever to be banned twice under the same name at diabetes.co.uk. Wally was a staunch lowcarber and became a legend in his own lunchtime. From this day forward we are proud to announce a new prize for people of exceptional and almost unbelievable star quality, to be known as 'the Gezza.'

Eddie (just call me Col. Custer) Mitchell


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British Medical Association passes vote of no confidence in Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt !

The British Medical Association, which represents 152,000 doctors, has passed a vote of no confidence in the health secretary Jeremy Hunt. Doctors said there was a “huge wave of anger” against Mr Hunt and the Coalition government. The motion was passed with an “ overwhelming majority”. “He is at the forefront of a new political blame game, blaming frontline NHS staff for the predictable chaos resulting from his government's reforms and cuts,” said BMA council member Dr Jacky Davis. “We are watching a good service being deliberately brought to its knees by vandals in Westminster.”The BMA passed a vote of no confidence in the former health secretary Andrew Lansley last year. They now say they have no confidence in the policies of his successor Mr Hunt.


Chair of the BMA Council Dr Mark Porter admitted that voting against health secretaries was “rapidly becoming a BMA tradition”. However, he urged members to back the motion.

“This present Coalition government goes out of its way to act against the interests of patients and in doing so it appoints secretaries of state to continue its policies,” he said.

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