Cancer is not ‘the great leveller’

King Charles III revealed this week that he has been diagnosed with cancer.

Around 1,000 other people in Britain will have been told they have cancer on the same day as the king.

That’s one person every 90 seconds .

What happens to cancer sufferers in the UK right now is nothing short of scandalous.

Each year , thousands of Britons die needlessly from cancer.

And here’s to the day that everyone, not just royalty, has swift access to the best cancer treatments money can buy. Joanna Williams is a spiked columnist and author of How Woke Won, which you can order here. Picture by: Getty. To enquire about republishing spiked’s content, a right to reply or to request a correction, please contact the managing editor, Viv Regan ..