After over a year in government the new line from Labour on its failure to stop small boats is “it’s early days.” 25,000 have now crossed this year, one every twelve minutes…
That line is unlikely to work for long. So they’ve moved from blaming the weather then…
Policing minister Diana Johnson appeared on the Today Programme to claim that the smuggling gangs are too sophisticated to deal with: “We need time, the smuggling gangs have had six years to develop their business model.” Smash one gang and two more appear…
Starmer said on 10 July that the one-in-one out pilot scheme – which will only sent back 50 per week. anyway – would begin “in the coming weeks.” Starmer must be more worried about Palestine…
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.”