Patricia Hewitt

Hopefully you haven't reacted to that heading the way I do when I hear Patricia Hewitt's voice. For me it starts with an empty feeling in my stomach, followed by a tension headache and then the urge to scream. Regardless of the fact that I do want to do justice to this political genius's ruining running of the NHS and will try to do so before you disappears in Gordon Brown's first reshuffle, here is a lovely story about her loyalty and maybe lack of planning.