Is there more to applauding the NHS than meets the eye? Or ear? Cooper and Cary Have Words about it and wonder where appreciation ends and idolatry begins. They also have words about about Captain Tom and the death of Princess Diana. Ultimately, James just doesn't 'get the clap'. For which you'd need the NHS, one might think.

Death by Civilisation by James Cary
Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality by Theodore Dalrymple

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