I want to respond to the challenges issued by Paddy and Vince during our conference. Paddy said the party was “intellectually dead.” Vince said our position on another referendum was disrespectful to the electorate. Let me take on Vince first. We and our predecessors supported UK membership of the European Community from its inception. The […]
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What happened to sending £350million a week to the NHS?
Embed from Getty Images It’s been seven weeks since the British public were visiting polling stations to make the biggest vote of their lifetime. Seven weeks since naïve Brexit supporters believed that £350 million a week would be spent on the NHS if their vote won. I’m from a small market town in Lincolnshire, […]
What happened to sending £350million a week to the NHS?
Embed from Getty Images It’s been seven weeks since the British public were visiting polling stations to make the biggest vote of their lifetime. Seven weeks since naïve Brexit supporters believed that £350 million a week would be spent on the NHS if their vote won. I’m from a small market town in Lincolnshire, […]
What happened to sending £350million a week to the NHS?
Embed from Getty Images It’s been seven weeks since the British public were visiting polling stations to make the biggest vote of their lifetime. Seven weeks since naïve Brexit supporters believed that £350 million a week would be spent on the NHS if their vote won. I’m from a small market town in Lincolnshire, […]
Mental health awareness was one of the reasons I became a Liberal Democrat
In 2013, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a long-lasting period of depression; a few weeks ago, I was discharged as an out-patient after spending several weeks under a mental health home treatment team, having suffered a manic episode crammed with delusions, little sleep and a somewhat adamant neglect of both food and hygiene […]
Mental health awareness was one of the reasons I became a Liberal Democrat
In 2013, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a long-lasting period of depression; a few weeks ago, I was discharged as an out-patient after spending several weeks under a mental health home treatment team, having suffered a manic episode crammed with delusions, little sleep and a somewhat adamant neglect of both food and hygiene […]
Baroness Joan Walmsley writes…Will new PM’s actions speak louder than her words?
On Tuesday, just two days before parliament starts its recess and less than a week after Theresa May first addressed the commons as Prime Minister, Sir Simon Stevens, CEO of NHS England, wrote about his priorities for the NHS. For most of us his comments and overall strategy will seem eminently sensible. The question I […]
Baroness Joan Walmsley writes…Will new PM’s actions speak louder than her words?
On Tuesday, just two days before parliament starts its recess and less than a week after Theresa May first addressed the commons as Prime Minister, Sir Simon Stevens, CEO of NHS England, wrote about his priorities for the NHS. For most of us his comments and overall strategy will seem eminently sensible. The question I […]
Let’s make the UK a better place for those with mental health challenges
Embed from Getty Images Imagine being in a situation where you have had months of no sleep, you have lost over 15 kilos in weight when you were already under weight and you cannot do anything but ruminate over problems. You go to your GP, he gives you some shiny pills then tells you […]
Let’s make the UK a better place for those with mental health challenges
Embed from Getty Images Imagine being in a situation where you have had months of no sleep, you have lost over 15 kilos in weight when you were already under weight and you cannot do anything but ruminate over problems. You go to your GP, he gives you some shiny pills then tells you […]