Fwiw here’s my hot take
1) It’s absolutely right to withdraw the whip from Abbot

2) It is well past the point that labour should’ve withdrawn the whip on Duffield

3) The inconsistencies in labours action in no way prove ‘the point that abbot was trying to make’ ffs

Ah yes - the acts famously beloved by 6 music: Elton John and Guns and Roses

I hate LadBaby as much as the next person but it’s pretty funny watching people who haven’t bought a single piece of music for years kicking off about this

Kanye discourse to onside - this kind of bullshit is so fucking harmful
Sanitising serious mental illness into things that just make people a bit quirky is the exact kind of shit that increases the stigma for people who’s mental illness doesn’t present in a cutesy way

One man’s ‘massively raising awareness of continued human rights abuses’ is another man’s cynical PR campaign

Shock horror. Yet another person kicking off about that fucking music video shows they know literally nothing about eating disorders
This is untrue for restrictive EDs (which are the minority) let alone for diseases like AFRID and BED

Super fun to see tweet after tweet about how a super common symptom of the mental illness* with the highest mortality rate is immoral and prejudice

*+ literally part of the diagnostic criteria for bulimia

A literal eating disorder therapist …

We’ve recently seen 2 examples of abuse, neglect and severe failings in inpatient units and these aren’t one offs
It’s not enough to improve access to treatment. The system needs major reform and labour is actually in a place where they can be radical

Of all the things you want official confirmation on before announcing to the world, the death of the queen is pretty high up the list

Very strong GCSE English lit vibes from this coverage

The pharmacology of the brain (psychopharmacology) is complex & a rigorous, additive science.

Cue the anti-psychiatrists: 'serotonin depression model debunked, claims that meds change brain chemistry is FRAUD!'

But, think about this for a moment. It's patently absurd.

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Just putting it out there - you can’t have a winter crisis in fucking August. At that point it’s just a crisis crisis

The only thing I can think of is Coleen Rooney has been enlisted to privately propose increasingly outlandish stories to different people in order to out a government mole

If we don't get a big reveal in the coming days I will be bitterly disappointed

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