It’s no secret that the Tories have been stumbling lately, with CCHQ grumbling over Kemi’s ‘come to Jesus’ all-staff meeting on Tuesday. But while the party’s had a few trips up recently, at least one shadow cabinet minister is on firmer footing. Guido can reveal that Robert Jenrick is in fact running in Westminster…
Since December, Robert’s taken up Strava, an app that helps athletes track and share their physical activity. Having ditched the Ozpemic route, he started off his evening jogs around Westminster at a leisurely 11 minutes per mile, but has since kicked it up a gear to 8/9 minutes a mile. On Sunday, he clocked a personal best, slogging out a half-marathon in 2 hours 14 minutes, looping South Bank, Hyde Park, and Westminster. No doubt he was sporting his ‘Hamas are terrorists’ hoodie for the occasion…
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.”