One can even set up quite ridiculous cases.
The future NHS is penned up in a red box,
Along with the following device
(Which must be secured against direct interference by the NHS):
In a Tory proposal, there’s a so called tiny bit,
A radical restructure from the top,
So small that perhaps in the course of the parliament,
The course of its health bill passes, but also,
With equal probability, perhaps not;
If it happens, their partners discharge their duty,
And through a relay releases amendments
That transforms a small clause in the bill.
If one has left this entire system to itself for a term,
One could say that the NHS still lives
If meanwhile no bill is passed.
The politics of the entire system would
Express this by a small red box by George
Having in it the living and dead NHS
(Pardon the expression) mixed or smeared out in equal parts.
It is typical of these cases that an indeterminacy
Originally restricted to the political domain
Becomes transformed into macroscopic bureaucracy,
Which can then be resolved by direct observation.
That prevents us from so naively accepting as valid
A "blurred model" for representing reality.
In itself, it would not embody anything unclear or contradictory.
There is a difference between a shaky or out-of-focus bill
And a snapshot of clouded or foggy judgements.
So David could proclaim “By George…
That is a humdinger of a bill!”
“The appliance of Science” Old Nick replies.
"The devils in the detail!"
© Mike Richardson
Health reforms - where they stand
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Mike lived in Pembrokeshire. After University in West Wales, he left for City Life. He still hankers after the country that has inspired his writing.
