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Mr Selbie is no friend of the current regime. He was an acolyte of Nigel Crisp. Who could forget the infamous 'Selbie letter' to CEOs warning of the consequences for financial indiscretion? The letter followed the pasting Patsy Hewitt gave Crispy after she was dragged to the Commons to apologise for a record NHS deficit. Not long after, Crispy was put out to pasture in the Lords, from where he continues to submit the odd pathetic attention-seeking non-sequitur. Oh, those were the days........