So Darzi's report is full of worthy if not very original ideas, but the challenge is not in writing the report but in making it happen.
Melissa Sklarz, a transgender woman, said that the race was full of worthy candidates, and that as president of the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City, she could not make an endorsement.
The recorded catalog is full of worthy recordings of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, a sublime 1919 work by an English master deeply affected by the horrors of World War I and, probably, by his own declining primacy.
The visitors' passing was not inventive enough to prise a diligent Fulham apart, and Wenger's side seemed a lot like skint philanthropists – full of worthy intentions but lacking the ability to implement them.
Paul Robinson was the only Englishman in Blackburn's line-up, yet their outfield play was straight out of Division One in the Eighties: full of worthy endeavour but palpably, painfully witless.
Alan Pardew, the Crystal Palace manager, believes he is capable of doing a job for the Republic of Ireland at the European Championship and his central defensive partner Scott Dann was also full of worthy praise recently.
And though the awards for musicals may be lacking in suspense, there are some good races among the plays, especially in the acting categories, which are stocked full of worthy candidates.
In a match full of worthy contenders – Root, Cook, Williamson, whose first-innings hundred was a masterpiece of construction, Trent Boult with five wickets including four for nine to finish the second England innings – there was only ever going to be one winner of the man-of-the-match award.
Of course, the online travel space is crowded, and full of worthy competitors, including Kayak, Expedia and even Bing and now Google.
While the flash sales space is full of worthy competitors, clearly there is room for a number of sites to operate.
