Rob asks

"then why the story on Hepatitis B vaccine which
did nothing for the public good and as far as I can see did
nothing for the internationals."

My admittedly-unreconstructed student radical view is that feeding the
public rubbish information can do the internationals a lot of good,
indirectly. What good does a questioning, well-informed knowledgeable
public do for Big Bucks?

Now, we could, if we wanted, wearing our unresconstructed student radical
hats and waving those banners well-aloft,  bring this back to breastfeeding
-

I have a colleague who muses, aloud, that for some business interests, a
*less-than-optimally intelligent*  public could be quite a good thing. Now,
in a democracy where there are checks and balances preventing mass brain
surgery,  what might you have to do, in infancy, to ensure this
less-than-optimally intelligent public.....hmmmmm?  Only one guess allowed.

Banner put away in dusty cupboard.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne