Tory-Reform defector Andrew Rosindell has failed to have an High Court injunction granted to prevent his ejection from his Romford constituency office. A blow to Ronsidell who is particularly fond of Margaret Thatcher House…
Romford Conservative Association runs the building and locked Rosindell out of it following his defection. Mr Justice Choudhury ruled against an injunction today, said that the MP “ought to have realised that he had surrendered his right to occupy” the office, and ordered him to pay £23,000 of the Conservatives’ legal costs. Location, location, location…
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.”