You have to read between the lines - because the lines themselves are bonkers. Beezy Marsh, the paper's health correspondent, told readers that GPs "will be expected to spend 15 to 20 minutes inquiring into the sex life of each teenager, even if the teenager comes in for an ailment such as a sore throat".
Hasn't anyone at The Daily Telegraph ever met a teenager?
"When did the kids take over the place?" Paul Routledge in the Daily Mirror blames himself for failing to notice.
But he sees it now. "We have a minister for children, a children's commissioner, a whole raft of charities devoted to kids and innumerable helplines for the little brats."
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