It’s reshuffle period for the Lobby. Spectator pol ed Katy Balls is heading stateside to The Times and Sunday Times as Washington Editor and columnist. There is lots of chatter around who will replace her. Guido provides the usual…
Times Radio’s pol-ed position is also currently vacant after Kate McCann took the morning show with Stig Abell. Mid-level pol-ed positions up for grabs here…
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.”