A couple of days ago, the new PM of Britain, the one not actually elected, just replacing his mate Tony B, must have come up with an amazing revelation. He thought if hospitals were to beat infection, they need to be... wait for it... CLEAN! Who would have thought that hygiene would be necessary anywhere near a hospital? He made big new, here's the BBC's version of it.

So, what I wonder about is why and how could this - a "first world", "developed" country could get to this point, where hospitals are so dirty that the PM has to tell them to clean up!? In my world, where ever I have lived and visited hygiene was important, and the lack of it often leads or led to disease. Surely, this was one of the basics of nursing that Florence Nightingale came up with, a very British lady herself.

Or is there something else at play here? Do the medics, nurses and other hospital staff have no pride in their work? Are they overworked and uderpaid so much that they can't wash their hands or the cleaner to clean the wards?

It scares me and I certainly resent this PM order if it's just to look good for a potentially soon to be held election. Although every election needs an issue, not every issue should be left for election time. Some need to be tackled and solved in between these times.

Perhaps it's all about outsourcing everything to make it cheaper, hence the issues. In which case, the next thing to outsource should be government then. We can get some cheaper MPs into parliament, surely they can't be worse?