THE best politicians lead by example.
And during the Tory Party conference, Health Secretary Therese Coffey did just that by giving her audience one of the healthiest things of all – a deep sleep.
In a clip doing the rounds on Twitter, Coffey can be seen addressing a crowd with several of its members visiting the land of nod and a good few more looking like they’re well on their way there.
Finally a health secretary who promotes healthy sleep pic.twitter.com/lXWKCDZjV8
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 4, 2022
Eyes fluttering, heads slipping into their hands, it must have been a tiring week for the Tory faithful – even Kwasi Kwarteng admitted it had been tough.
It must be exhausting with all the alarms going off, literally and figuratively.
In almost no time at all Liz Truss and Kwarteng have undertaken massive U-turns after they tanked the value of pound in dramatic fashion.
Tired of the incompetence, the flip-flopping and the battering in the media, who can blame the crowd?
It is admirable then that, in her benevolence, Coffey sent them all to sleep for a bit of rest.
While the audience were counting sheep, it can only be hoped that Coffey is now counting the UK’s reserve of monkeypox vaccines after she decided to decline the opportunity to buy more – against the advice of health experts.
Her decision was described as “concerning and short-sighted”, which may well end up being this government’s epitaph.
But until that can be engraved into a slab of stone, sometime in 2024, it might well be worth hunkering down and sleeping off this Tory-induced hangover.
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