John Reid comes over as a nasty bullyish individual, and something of a hypocrite. When he was Health Secretary, he never appeared to dispute the use of his degree title 'Doctor Reid' which inferred to the casual listener that he has a medical degree, similar to Liam Fox. In fact his degree was awarded in history, and he has a PhD for a thesis on the eccomonics of an African country - quite a long way from an assumed empathy with medical practicioners, although as son as he left the Department of Health, he dropped the 'Doctor', or again, did not insist on its appendage by the media.