Donald Trump continues to cause mayhem with what media sources euphemistically call his ‘quixotic’ policies and tariffs and the two major conflicts (actually invasions) rage on despite yet more air miles and hot air being expended in often fruitless efforts to end them. At least the India/Pakistan conflict has abated for now but of courseContinue reading “Sunday 18 May”
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Tuesday 6 May
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”
Sunday 13 April
When I began this blog during the first 2020 lockdown, the key theme, which has continued ever since, was the deleterious effect on our mental wellbeing caused by leaders’ (such as employers and governments, which in psychoanalytic theory serve as proxies for our original source of authority – parents) failure to take care of usContinue reading “Sunday 13 April”
Saturday 29 March
As we approach the quarter year mark there’s as ever no shortage of news, the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, the Signal scandal and Donald Trump’s clumsy political posturing and tariffs stunt dominating the airwaves. But a bit less of this due to the massive earthquake having hit Myanmar and Thailand, rescue operations in the former likelyContinue reading “Saturday 29 March”
Saturday 15 March
For many of us the world has never felt a more unsafe place, due to President Trump’s casual destruction of the rules-based international order and the resulting fall out. From his initial executive orders, to his Ukraine/Zelensky debacle, from his absurd claims to Canada and Greenland to his massive tariffs, we barely have time toContinue reading “Saturday 15 March”
Politics and mental health - the missing link? 