It's a little like being a schizophrenic looking at the world through Alice's looking-glass, being Sir Merrick Cockell.
You have to feel sorry for the poor bloke - or perhaps you don't.
Sir Merrick is the Tory chairman of the Local Government Association and has written a letter to the leaders of all three main political parties about the dire problem of funding care services for the elderly.
A commission chaired by economist Andrew Dilnot has recommended that the state should pick up the cost of care for individuals over and above a raised limit of £35,000.
It will cost the state about £2 billion but the coalition hasn't said who's going to pick up the bill and looks like leaving it to... read more