>> The Minister of Health doesn't go around stating that every schoolchild should learn how to operate on people... > Or how it would 'only take a day' to learn

>> The Minister of Health doesn't go around stating that every schoolchild should learn how to operate on people... > Or how it would 'only take a day' to learn how to operate on people, for that matter. ...Nor does he lack even a layperson's grasp of what surgery is. I feel rather sorry for her, though - aren't politicians supposed to be briefed for public appearances nowadays so things like this Just Don't Happen?