"People who are gender non-conforming experience stigmatisation, marginalisation, and harassment in every society. They are vulnerable, particularly during childhood and adolescence. The best way to support them, however, is not with advocacy and activism based on substandard evidence. The Cass review is an opportunity to pause, recalibrate, and place evidence informed care at the heart of gender medicine." Kamran Abbasi has written a British Medical Journal editorial on the Cass review. Charlotte Tobitt reports that newspaper editors have come together in a bid to improve Labour MP Wayne David's Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill, which has reached its committee ...
Sunak in "parallel universe" as NHS waiting lists grow by 330,000 since he pledged to cut them Nick Fletcher endorses Lee Anderson: Sunak should kick him out of Conservative Party Donelan libel costs: Donelan must pay this money back now Lib Dems to create London Housing Company – Blackie: "I will get London building again" Sunak in "parallel universe" as NHS waiting lists grow by 330,000 since he pledged to cut them Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has said Rishi Sunak is living in a "parallel universe," after today's figures reveal NHS targets are being missed while waiting lists have ...
It was the first record to be played on Radio One and reached number 2 in the UK singles charts, but the Move's single Flowers in the Rain didn't earn its writer Roy Wood a penny. Because, in one of the stunts for which he was famous, the band's manager Tony Secunda issued a postcard promoting the song that showed a naked Harold Wilson, the prime minister of the day, in bed with his political secretary Marcia Williams. Wilson sued, won his case and the High Court ordered that all royalties from the song be donated to a charity of ...
'Benefits on Trial' is based on my work in Cornwall since 2012 as a volunteer advocate with adults who have a learning disability. In recent years, that work has increasingly concerned benefits cases: helping people with their PIP and ESA applications; accompanying them to assessments; requesting reconsideration of decisions; and taking cases to the tribunal stage. That experience - particularly of tribunals – triggered the writing of 'Benefits on Trial'. The book describes how six people – for all of whom names have been changed to protect their identities – have to battle with the Department for Work and Pensions ...
Of course BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award, but the judges drew this paragraph in the report to my attention: The spokesperson said: "The simple fact is that we have removed upwards of 50 candidates for complete inactivity and I know those who had been removed for disciplinary measures." This suggests that Reform UK are not going to able to fight much of a ground war come the general election.
Our prime minister always seems to come off second best when encountering children and games. His visit to the Bonkers' Home for Well-Behaved Orphans was no exception. I suspect the little inmates' facility at cards owes something to Beachcomber's Narkover. Saturday Did you see that picture of the prime minister shaking hands on a bet with the detestable Piers Morgan? Hardly statesmanlike behaviour, was it? You'd never have caught Mr Gladstone having a Yankee on the Berlin Conference on Africa, the Anglo Egyptian War, the Naval Estimates and the Panjdeh incident, would you? In truth, though, I have long been ...
There have been two much-publicised polls in recent days which have produced headlines in the press for their common message that the Conservative government is in deep trouble. A Survation Poll suggested that there would be just 98 Conservative MPs after the next election. The other, a YouGov Poll, suggested that the Conservatives would win 155 MPs. Quite a large difference, but in either case adding up to huge Conservative losses, and that is what the media have concentrated on. If they've mentioned any other party, it has been the Reform Party and its effect as a 'spoiler' of the ...
Just a reminder that Michael's ward surgeries today do not take place as it is during the school Easter holidays. However, we can be contacted at any time on 459378 or by email at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk - many thanks! Michael's surgeries return next Thursday (18th) as the new term starts next week.
