Last Orders - a spiked podcast

112: Do we even need doctors?

Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Show Notes

The Taxpayers’ Alliance’s John O’Connell joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the rise of the quango state, the junk-food advertising ban and why doctors are overrated.

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