After Guido debunked Reeves’ “economist at HBOS” myth, her LinkedIn CV was quietly edited to say she worked in “retail banking” at Halifax. It turns out, that’s not the only official bio that’s been edited…
In the latest edition of the of Guide – the hardcover published November 7th 2024 (after Guido’s story) – Reeves’ bio has changed again to: “Worked in the retail arm of HBOS, 2006-09, economist at the Bank of England.” Yet another example of Reeves’ career history being edited, presumably with an intervention from her team…
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.”
