Steel-Plated Bitch…
‘Cameron exploits his disabled son, says Hewitt’
Health Secretary accuses Tory leader of entering ‘dangerous territory’ by revealing his family’s experiences with the NHS
By Francis Elliott, Whitehall Editor
Published: 08 January 2006Patricia Hewitt has delivered a stinging rebuke to David Cameron for using his disabled son to make political capital out of the NHS.
The Secretary of State for Health warned the new Tory leader he had entered “dangerous territory” with his references to his three-year-old son Ivan, who has cerebral palsy, in a key speech last week.