He can never have imagined it would be used to promote books that he hadn’t read, splashed all over a website or used to support a job application decades on.

Sometimes, although the letter of an agreement allows you to behave like this, it’s an abuse of the spirit.

I’m going to be more careful about checking the status of recommendations inthe future even if they are from names I recognise or respect.

Translation from Patrick: Real English

“Patrick has represented his views on government campaigns and debates as any member of the public can do, by writing a letter of opinion – such correspondence received being noted way down the appendices lists in published documents. There is no evidence that Patrick has ever contributed significantly to any government campaign sufficient to be named in the document as one whose opinion has been sought and listened to”

Note his consistency – lack of evidence to support his claims are equally lacking or misquoted in his nutrition claims.

Patrick has no doubt bedazzled non-sciencey MPs and Lords who have invited him to tea at this venue.
Patrick over-estimates his impact on govt recommendations and policies, which is in fact zero.

There.

Points clarified.

Though I never had the pleasure of meeting Patrick Holford nor encountering his work in life, I can assure you that he is a topic of much admiration and enlightenment, here in the Elysian Fields. I said as much to Mme Curie the other day and she hastened to agree. – Socrates

It’s enough to make one consider burial at sea.

Holford has enough iron neck to anchor a memorial buoy that say, “It was a highlight of my life that I so admired Patrick Holford and his writings”.