general election – Politics and mental health

Sunday 23 June

As general election fever rages on, especially following the dramatic entry into the fray of Nigel Farage and the publication of the party manifestos, the Conservative party’s campaigning shows ever increasing desperation in the form of repeating proven lies (like the £2000 additional tax under Labour one), introducing one policy gimmick after another and extremeContinue reading “Sunday 23 June”

Saturday 8 June

As general election campaigning accelerates by the day, we see an increasing number of faux pas (or missteps, as some journalists like to call them) and dirty tricks on the part of the key political parties. The facts haven’t emerged yet but we have to wonder if the hoax video call from ‘the previous UkrainianContinue reading “Saturday 8 June”

Sunday 2 June

Well! Although he kept us hanging on for some weeks for a general election announcement and kept saying it would be in the autumn, it was really only a matter of time following those dreadful local election results. But what an own goal calling it so soon (some suggest to avoid the planned vote ofContinue reading “Sunday 2 June”

Sunday 19 May

Following the local elections the pace of the political rollercoaster has hugely and predictably accelerated, the last fortnight seeing the dramatic defection of Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke to Labour and the government doubling down on their lies, misrepresentations, delusion and denial. If the local election results fallout constituted the ‘soft’ launch of the general electionContinue reading “Sunday 19 May”

Monday 29 April 2024

Not surprisingly, the last few weeks have seen no let up in the pace of events on the political stage, most of them worrying and/or downright nasty: the escalation of the Middle East conflict and constant platforming of our over-promoted Lord Dave; the passage of the Rwanda Bill (despite the best efforts of the Lords);Continue reading “Monday 29 April 2024”

Monday 18 March

I am not alone in feeling that with each successive Tory lie, scandal, excuse and PR disaster, anger and unhappiness with this government are building to a crescendo which should result in a general election but which the PM has ruled out for May at least. While a number of Tories have privately admitted thatContinue reading “Monday 18 March”

6 January 2024

New Year greetings to all! As we enter 2024, there’s no doubt that the starting gun has been fired on the general election, Rishi Sunak predictably trying to distract from Starmer’s key speech with the declaration that his ‘working assumption’ (odd choice of words when the timing is solely his decision) that it will beContinue reading “6 January 2024”