Another poll is in: YouGov’s second MRP of the election has the Tories on the lowest seat tally in their history. Better than the Savanta one that just came out…
LAB: 425 (+223), CON: 108 (-257), LDM: 67 (+56), SNP: 20 (-28), RFM: 5 (+5), PLD: 4 (±0), GRN: 2 (+1).
Reform is on five seats now (up from zero previously) as opposed to Savanta’s nought. One of the seats Reform’s estimated to win is in Basildon and Billericay – where Tory Chairman Richard Holden is standing. Reform’s performance is the toss up between recent polls…
Speaking on Times Radio, former Home Secretary David Blunkett spoke about overdiagnosis of mental problems:
“Let’s distinguish those who are really severely mentally ill, diagnosed with things that require prolonged medical and diagnostic treatment. My wife and I talk about this a lot, because she’s a retired GP, about the fact that you can be sad without being ill. You can be momentarily depressed because your boyfriend or girlfriend’s just thrown you and you’re not mentally ill. You can even have mild issues, which can be dealt with with the right kind of support, but it doesn’t make you mentally ill. So we’ve got a real task, I think, to get the psychology, if you like, of this over. But there are things where you definitely need medical intervention, and there are other things where you need good friends, you need good connectivity, and you need a job.”