Sunak used all of his questions at PMQs to make a few light jokes and talk about Yorkshire. He and Keir shared warm words all round, including congratulating Sunak for being the first British Asian PM. Cue the entire Lobby typing the word “classy” into Twitter…
A bit like one middle manager handing over to another in a minor consulting firm. Starmer will be happy with that. Reform looking more and more like the only opposition …
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.”