Eyebrows are being raised at the fact that 120 out of 121 MPs voted in the penultimate round of the leadership race. It’s so close that one out of Leader Rishi Sunak and Chairman Richard Fuller must have voted, which they usually wouldn’t…
Tory Chairman Fuller told Christopher Hope that he wouldn’t be voting, leading Hope to conclude that “Rishi has definitely voted.” However, despite Fuller’s promise, a campaign source tells Guido that they saw Fuller voting and “suspects he was backing Kemi.” Bob Blackman won’t be pleased – Guido makes no comment – but the candidates’ spin teams are furiously speculating about the secret ballot. With 24 hours to go, the race is getting more and more heated…
UPDATE: A Rishi source tells Guido: “Rishi didn’t vote. He has maintained neutrality and hasn’t voted in any of the parliamentary rounds.” Must have been Fuller then…
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.”