An ordinary meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday 3rd March 2010. The President was in the chair. He introduced the speaker The Rt. Hon the Lord Owen who spoke to the title: In Sickness and in Power. He had recently written a book of the same title to which he made reference.

He said there were three lessons to be learnt from heads of government regarding their health. First, heads of government lie about their health. Second , their personal physicians lie about it on their behalf and thirdly, they often die early because of it. Did their illnesses affect their decisions? One has to remember, he said, they get to the top because of their strength and this includes fighting illness.