Cutting it since 2010 at a time of growing need has been arguably one of the coalition's most short-sighted policies, with – hey presto – the NHS's workload pushed up and ability to do its job enfeebled as a result.
But so enfeebled are our politicians that others will take his place.
GDP growth:1.6% GDP per head: $47,350 (PPP: $47,290) Inflation:1.5% Budget balance (% GDP):0.8 Population:81.3mForever encircled, Germany is confronting ill winds from a revanchist Russia and an economically enfeebled Europe.
Before he became totally enfeebled a few months ago, Mr Yeltsin himself gave warning that the forces of authoritarian chauvinism were growing in Russia.
The recent divergence between America's employment and output suggests the country faces not just deficient demand but also enfeebled supply, as more people working without more output means lower productivity.
The membership of Labour has since fallen by half, which has presumably had the reverse effect.But enfeebled parties may not matter so much to the rest of the electorate.
Courtly intrigue The futility of coca eradication ReprintsMr Fachin's travails have little to do with jurisprudence and everything to do with a power struggle between an unruly Congress and an enfeebled president.
Thanks to Yemen's enfeebled central governance, rugged terrain and rampant poverty, they have been able to thrive.
As some liberals see things, the church's old hierarchical structure has been sabotaging the legacy of "Vatican II" ever since.Pope John Paul II (pictured) brought the church to the world in a different way, as a star of the electronic age who relentlessly travelled the globe, even when he was physically enfeebled.
With Mr Chirac enfeebled, Mr Sarkozy's chances of emerging as the UMP's presidential candidate in 2007 look stronger than ever.What does all this mean for policymaking?
Despite ending his term enfeebled, he often tops popularity polls, as the French look back warmly on a man who stood against the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
