Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner. Frank Dobson avoidablebadbritain share on social
My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a polygraph lie detector, very, very few of them would support foundation hospitals. Frank Dobson detectordrugfill share on social
There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West. Frank Dobson alternatedefinitionmanhood Change image and share on social
I am not against Muslim schools. But as I believe in integration, I think we would be better off overall if we did not have denominational schools at all. Frank Dobson denominationalintegrationmuslim Change image and share on social
The present system of protecting NHS patients was a bit of a shambles. Frank Dobson bitepatientpresent Change image and share on social
I think I've had a very privileged life. Frank Dobson havelifeprivilege Change image and share on social
If you say someone is thrilled, it implies talk of an exciting project. I'm wary of such talk. Frank Dobson excitimplyproject Change image and share on social
It is more important for Labour to raise the reputation of politics than for the Tories, who are only in politics for the money. Frank Dobson importantlabourmoney Change image and share on social
I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now. Frank Dobson blaircouncillorelection Change image and share on social
