Sorry Darling, shelving NHS IT system is a false economy

So Alistair Darling, the chancellor with the funny eyebrows who looks a lot like Parker from Thunderbirds, has dropped the strongest of hints that he might cancel the NHS IT system this coming week. Speaking on the BBC One Andrew Marr show, Darling admitted that the Electronic Patient Record Scheme has been “quite expensive” so far. Quite expensive? Look, I know this is the chap who thinks nothing of doling out taxpayer money to bankers like it was going out of fashion, but to call a scheme that has so far cost an estimated £12 billion “quite expensive” is missing the point by a country mile even for the Chancellor.