'What are you going to do about our broken NHS?': Rottweiler Jeremy Paxman returns to political fray for first time after revealing Parkinson's battle to grill Wes Streeting on plans for care READ MORE: 'Newsnight rottweiler Jeremy Paxman has lost none of his bite' By Shaun Wooller Health Editor Published: 12:00, 20 June 2024 | Updated: 12:04, 20 June 2024 e-mail View comments He once struck terror into the hearts of politicians with his incisive — and relentless — interviewing techniques. But Jeremy Paxman , who famously asked then-Home Secretary Michael Howard the same question 12 times during an appearance on Newsnight, cut a slightly softer figure during his return to broadcasting yesterday. The former BBC host, who quit the corporation three years ago after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, now runs a podcast, Movers and Shakers, which features celebrities discussing the challenges of living with the degenerative condition.
Sipping a pint of lager and munching a Scotch egg, Paxman quizzed shadow health and social care secretary in a London pub — a world away from the intense studios where he spent his career grilling ministers and MPs. But despite his casual checked shirt and unkempt mop of white hair, the star journalist soon proved he has lost none of his renowned bite, hauling Mr Streeting over the coals on his plans for the NHS . Jeremy Paxman demanded to know what Wes Streeting plans to do about the 'broken' NHS Paxman sipped a pint of lager and ate a .
