Pandemic of Panic

As I munched the first burger I’ve eaten in years (homemade with relish and a fab side salad) in a small cafe in Glastonbury, I read with interest and article in the Daily Mail by Christopher Booker entitled ‘Pandemic of Panic’ (p14, Thurs 30/04/09 if you’re interested).

I was struck by so much of what he was saying and suggesting about the scares that we seem to endure on a regular basis. His basic premise (and I concur) was that they all seem to follow the same basic pattern:

The ultimate conspiracy theory

I was chatting with a friend recently over tea about the ultimate conspiracy theory – he won’t remember that this is what we were talking about because I didn’t use the word conspiracy in the conversation but that is in fact what it is – if you are anything like cynical as I am.
The conversation [...]