A protester interrupted the Chancellor’s speech, decrying arms sales to Israel and “funding oil” before he was booted out. Reeves’ response: “This is not the party of protest!”. Protestors crashing speeches is becoming a Labour conference tradition…
UPDATE I: A group called Climate Resistance has claimed responsibility for disrupting Rachel Reeves’ speech:
“How can we trust this govt to take the urgent action we need when they’re so clearly in the pockets of fossil fuel and arms companies?”
UPDATE II: According to the protester, when he shouted ‘Free Palestine’, the officer shouted back: “You weasel!”. He’s got quite the marks from when he was dragged out of the room…
Hat tip: Owen Jones
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.”
