One of our English Parliamentarians, Tessa Jowell, has been 'battling' a brain tumour for the last year or so. It is a peculiarity that we use the term 'battle' for something which implies brute force. Do we battle broken legs or arthritis or kidney failure? No, we deal with them, we address them, we treat them, we examine the causes. The word 'battle' is part of the fear-based campaign by the...

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