The news agenda has accelerated to fever pitch over the last fortnight, journalists and commentators falling over each other to opine on the latest Trump antics, the local election results, the royals and much else, all adding to pressure on our mental wellbeing. Although the two major parties have long needed a wake-up call, theContinue reading “Tuesday 6 May”
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Sunday 31 December 2023
As the year ends it’s increasingly clear that nothing is working under this Conservative administration – from the NHS to railways, from the creaking justice system to impoverished schools, from the non-functioning regulatory system to our polluted coasts and rivers, everything’s worse. (It’s been suggested that it will take 10 years to clear the backlogsContinue reading “Sunday 31 December 2023”
Friday 1 May
As the 6th week in lockdown draws to a close, it seems that daily revelations of delay and incompetence in handling this crisis are adding to general anxiety. This is because we need to trust and believe in our leaders, authority figures who act as proxies for the early parental figures whose job it wasContinue reading “Friday 1 May”
Politics and mental health - the missing link? 