Westminster is abuzz with rumours after The Times revealed Labour is holding a manifesto-oriented event in Essex on Thursday featuring a “special guest”. The party is briefing that it’s not another Tory defector…
Tongues are wagging in SW1 – the rumour is going around that Georgia Harrison will be unveiled as a candidate. We put it to Labour press office this morning and have had no reply. The Love Island and The Only Way Is Essex star-turned-campaigner spoke about joining the party and standing for Parliament in October last year. Meanwhile, ITV’s Harry Horton hears that the special guest is actually just… Keir Starmer – with local party members getting a little over-excited. Has Georgia got a text?
UPDATE: Harrison’s spokesman denies the suggestions to Harry Cole.
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.”