David Lammy has been fielding questions after his statement in the Commons. At one point he temporarily lost the ability to speak:
“Well I’m very grateful, Mr Speaker, um particularly for the cross party nature of the um, uh, Secretary of State for the opposition, Mr Speaker I’m a little jet, jet-lagged. I got off a plane at six, six, so you’re you’ll forgive me but I’m very grateful to the Right Honourable Lady for the manner of her remarks particularly on Ukraine.”
You’d think Lammy of all people would be used to flights by now. Reassuring stuff…
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.”