Not a good feeling

Last night I had the unpleasant experience of seeing John Howard as I imagine the Howard-haters see him. He was taking questions on the new health-welfare ID card, which, he stresses, is not an ID card, or a 'trojan horse' for one. Right. It's not compulsory, just as the current Medibank card is not compulsory, unless you fancy paying your compulsory Medibank levy, and then your uncompensated medical bills on top of that. The term 'weaselly' came to mind.

The card will come in, and I will no doubt end up carrying one, photo and all. As noted in a much earlier post, one of the few compensations will be watching the parties of the Left tie themselves in knots trying to bag Howard for carrying out a policy they all cherish, deep in their narrowing and straightening little hearts.