Downing Street is out hiring for communications staff. There is still no Director of Communications following the departure of Tim Allan…
Two job ads have appeared overnight for two roles:
There have been recent departures at the mid-ranking level from the communications team in Downing Street. Some title inflation going on…
Any applicants need to demonstrate “confidence and expertise to brief the Prime Minister and their senior advisers.” For a salary of £68,558 could you bear speaking to Starmer every day (apart from Friday evenings and most of the weekend)?
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.”