The Conservative Party

[Elbow beards]

I am seriously worried about peoples mental health. My wife has decided not to listen to the news any more and I am seriously tempted to follow. We have always kept up with the new. I just wonder how people are coping? So much to be concerned about.

It's a double wammy as well because there will be a hell of a lot of people worrying about mad vlad using nukes. It's not a nice place to be at the moment.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Holy fuck.

Tory K will be gutted no being able to sing I've got you babe with Gove

Its Therese Coffey we need to feel for - its her annual one time to shine

 

[bluethrunthru]

It's a double wammy as well because there will be a hell of a lot of people worrying about mad vlad using nukes. It's not a nice place to be at the moment.

Regardless of who it is I feel for anyone who develops mental health issues at a time when our mental health services are so depleted and the Truss plan to pay for tax cuts by more austerity cuts will not help anyone. How the fuck have we come to this? Oh yeah - Tories

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

Yeah, apparently Truss is having an ‘urgent meeting’ with the OBR tomorrow. Interesting to see what comes out of that.

obviously try and bribe or bully them into coming up with some fantasy island stuff. her MPs will kick her out within weeks, they have no choice. they then have two years to try and bullshit enough people but I think that horse has bolted.

 

[bluethrunthru]

obviously try and bribe or bully them into coming up with some fantasy island stuff. her MPs will kick her out within weeks, they have no choice. they then have two years to try and bullshit enough people but I think that horse has bolted.

 

[mat]

I am seriously worried about peoples mental health. My wife has decided not to listen to the news any more and I am seriously tempted to follow. We have always kept up with the new. I just wonder how people are coping? So much to be concerned about.

It's a valid point.

I'm seeing the anxiety in friends and colleagues.

I've limited myself to 30 minutes TV news after work.

There's potentially a huge mental health crisis beckoning because of what's going on and some of the US style sensationalism of it all isn't helping.

 

[Marlo]

Well said. I‘ve encountered plenty of Oxbridge graduates professionally who are deeply unimpressive intellectually.

As someone who works in academia this is something I'm always amazed by, this notion that your intellect is set at 18 and consistent thereafter. I have encountered students who had poor A levels but a different environment at 3rd level led to them excelling in university, PG study and in the professional field. Others who crushed their degrees but couldn't function in a professional environment due to a lack of leadership or chronic indecision.

Intellect like fitness, is something you lose if you don't use. Intelligence is great, but intellectual curiosity, mental toughness, humility, persistence and dedication will take your further.

 

[mat]

As someone who works in academia this is something I'm always amazed by, this notion that your intellect is set at 18 and consistent thereafter. I have encountered students who had poor A levels but a different environment at 3rd level led to them excelling in university, PG study and in the professional field. Others who crushed their degrees but couldn't function in a professional environment due to a lack of leadership or chronic indecision.

Intellect like fitness, is something you lose if you don't use. Intelligence is great, but intellectual curiosity, mental toughness, humility, persistence and dedication will take your further.

I like that last paragraph. Fantastic advice.

 

[Brewster's millions]

It was only a few short months ago that some ministers were trumpeting that the Bank of England should no longer be independent. Think about that when you think what might have happened yesterday if they hadn’t been independent.

You could argue that yesterday proved that the Bank of England has lost its independence already.

 

[bluethrunthru]

well its a plan - with holding info didn't serve Kwarteng well but its a plan. Something else that tells me they have given up on retaining those Northern Red Wall seats

Thérèse Coffey scraps promised paper on health inequality

Exclusive: health secretary has decided not to publish white paper, which was originally intended for publication by last spring

www.theguardian.com