Dubya as role model

No, how could that be? You can read about it in this article on sleep deprivation:

Demos [the think tank] believes that Labour should turn its interventionist instincts to the nation’s sleep patterns. It should consider banning breakfast meetings and instead promote siestas and “sleep days” to allow weary staff to catch up on their rest.

Experts believe that a better role model than Blair is George W Bush. The American president saw even the threat of war with Iraq as no reason to postpone his 9.30pm bedtime, and carried a pillow with him on his election campaign trail to take daytime “power naps”.

State-promoted siestas. What will the libertarians say?

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