THERESA MAY’S response to Jeremy Corbyn’s condemnation of her government’s lack of preparedness for the NHS winter crisis was as jaded as it was dishonest.

Tory prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major used to accuse Labour MPs of “talking the country down” when they berated the Tories’ economic shambles, while May pretends that Corbyn’s justified criticism shows lack of respect for NHS staff.

May insisted that “our NHS is something we should be proud of and that's why it's a first-class NHS.”