Tories? They all look the same...

Bit of a slip by Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, in the Commons on Wednesday. As the Tory opened an Opposition day debate on the NHS, Tooting's Labour MP Sadiq Khan intervened to ask: 'Can the Honourable Gentleman confirm that, despite all the cuts that he claims will be made, staff will be safe and no jobs will be lost under a Conservative Government?' Preparing to slap down the interjection, Lansley began: 'I am interested in what the Honourable Gentleman says. He will forgive me if I am wrong, but I think that his local hospital is part of the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Is that right?' Amid cries of' 'Tooting', the Tory frontbencher was forced to correct himself. But what was he thinking of? Surely he hadn't mistaken Khan for fellow Labour MP Shahid Malik, whose Dewsbury seat is indeed in Mid Yorks? (When he got around to answering Khan's question, Lansley admitted: 'I cannot, of course, make that promise.') 

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[Willoughby Hart]

Which tory MP said The national Health Service has not iomproved despite all the money invested because the mony was Waisted on Pay.I think it was Letwin but not sure Amicus please note.

[swatantra nandanwar]

Dawn Butler has also faced a slight from a Tory Heathcote- Amery, no less, insulting her BME visitors to the Commons. The Tories, particularly, the old toffs, still treat the place as a Gentleman's Club and are surprised to find Black and Asian members there.