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Simon Partridge

@simonpartridge

Writer/Researcher. Brit upper-class/boarding school survivor with Continuous-TSD in recovery. Trying to UNMAKE Stiff Upper Lip Culture.

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Predictable, just heard Sarah Montague [aka Lady Brooke] more or less promoting private health on The World at One - "given the pressures on the NHS". No analysis of where such pressures came from. BBC increasingly mouthpiece of neoliberals. What a contrast with Darren McGarvey

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The East India Company was born today in 1600. Few corporations in history have had a greater impact. Profits trumped all else. It became a monopolistic, rent seeking conqueror. Politicians were bought, shareholders enjoyed the upside while taxpayers carried the losses.

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Good article by relational psychotherapist debunks idea tht Public Schools have essentially changed. Still remove kids from home love, they produce insecure characters who as leaders damage Brit society. Suzanne Zeedyk Alex Renton Robert Verkaik Private Education Policy Forum richardhughestherapy.com/post/time-to-e…

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"Perhaps the most profound threat to boarding schools is more fundamental. And that is the idea that to send a child as young as seven or eight away from home is not privilege but brutality" Suzanne Zeedyk Alex Renton Nick Duffell Robert Verkaik joycemcmillan economist.com/britain/2023/0…

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Just read "The Unstoppable Rise of Petty Bourgeoisie" by Dan Evans. Strongly recommend to all who want to understand how Thatcher paved way for current neoliberal hegemony. The way back to social democracy won't be easy: 1st understand the sh*t we're in. joycemcmillan Dan Evans

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Simon Partridge Society still values "A" grades over self-esteem because our perception of success is economic wealth and not relational wealth. This belief guides so many of our policies and practices. How many people are working against their natural instincts. We need knowledge & confidence.

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All of this x 100 …and it’s a lot to do with who runs - and writes for - these papers, the networks they are part of and what they consider important. In addition to Will Hutton’s point we rarely hear from thousands of pupils ‘rejected’ every year by 11 plus Comprehensive Future

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On 9.6.24: Charles Spencer announces divorce for 4th time. Michael Mosley goes out for walk in midday sun in heatwave, found dead. Both were sent off to boarding school at 8 & 7. Just saying. Piers Cross Suzanne Zeedyk JoySchaverien Nick Duffell

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"As social democratic parties have moved away from their traditional working-class constituencies, some have turned to the language of identity to find a social anchor..."white working class” often feels as much about the whiteness as class location." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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The other lesson is no less brutal. Our populations are hurting. That has to be convincingly fixed . Only then will the majority listen to arguments about democracy, tolerance and fellowship.

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Wow! Just read Epilogue to J Herman's 3rd ed of "Trauma & Recovery" (2022). What a brilliant summary of her long life's work: "healing from trauma needs safety, remembering, grieving & reconnecting with a community". amazon.co.uk/Trauma-Recover… Suzanne Zeedyk Piers Cross joycemcmillan