A letter published in The Times on September 26 contained the amusing story of a Tory MP, Sir Walter Bromley-Davenport, who, when taken ill in the Commons, brushed aside an offer of assistance from a well-known Labour MP who was a doctor, saying “I would rather die.” Alistair Lexden capped that with another story in a letter the following day.
Sir, Sir Walter Bromley-Davenport’s rejection of Dr. Edith Summerskill’s ministrations in the House of Commons (letter, Sept. 25) was not the only occasion when his pronounced right-wing views on healthcare were demonstrated. A few years later he was attacked in his home by a man with an axe. “Don’t let the NHS get me”, he shouted in his extraordinarily loud voice. The assailant fled.
Lord Lexden
London SW1