Not only I am voting Labour at the next election I am joining the Labour Party, this has won me over.
‘Disrespectful’ Labour drops HM title from Government communications
Rebrand raises ‘serious questions’ about Labour’s attitude towards monarchy, Tories say
Labour has been accused of disrespecting the King after the HM title was dropped from official Government communications.
In a controversial rebrand, the Government now refers to itself as the UK Government, rather than HM Government.
The Tories accused Labour of trying to “quietly obliterate tradition”, pledging to reverse the move if they returned to power.
Previous guidelines from the Government Communication Service stated that HM Government should always be used in official branding “unless there is a specific reason not to”.
But Labour changed the rules, making UK Government the new “primary identity” of its branding.
I'm not about to throw a strop about it, but with these kind of rebrands I'm somewhat at a loss as to whether anyone was confused by it to necessitate a change.
Does SKS still bother to meet the King every week or has that gone too, I wonder.
I think that transitioned to phone calls years ago.
It was phone calls during the pandemic, I believe.
Was that because Bozza was too pissed to stagger to the Palace?
Do other countries with ornamental constitutional monarchies get their PM to do a weekly consultation or is it just the UK?
Reducing social media use decreases loneliness regardless of gender or level of social comparisons in youth with anxiety and depression: A randomized controlled trial
Loneliness and feeling socially isolated is especially problematic in youth experiencing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Social media use (SMU) was designed to promote social connection, but correlational studies suggest it is often associated with greater loneliness and mental health problems, with girls and those who engage in more frequent upward social comparisons being more negatively impacted by SMU. However, experimental studies are needed to gain insights into causality, especially in a vulnerable population of youth with affective distress. The present study experimentally investigated the effects of voluntarily reducing SMU to 1 h/day on loneliness, and whether intervention effects were moderated by gender and/or baseline levels of social comparisons in youth with pre-existing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. After completing a baseline survey and providing daily screenshots of SMU for one week, 260 participants were randomly assigned to an intervention (reduce SMU to 1 h/day) or control group (no SMU restriction) for the next three weeks. A total of 219 participants completed the study and were included for analysis. Mixed models indicated a significant group x time interaction whereby the intervention group showed significantly greater reductions in loneliness compared to controls (β = −0.11, 95% CI [−0.21, −0.005]). However, neither gender (β = 0.23, 95% CI [−0.16, 0.63]) nor baseline social comparison (β = −0.04, 95% CI [−0.24, 0.15]) moderated these intervention effects. These findings suggest that reducing SMU may represent an important intervention component in a comprehensive approach to combating loneliness among a vulnerable population of youth presenting with affective distress.
I found this article yesterday after you had said ivermectin had no effect on cancer, but didn’t link to it as I thought sciencedirect would turn out to be some kind of site for quacks!
Someone flagged my post, as if I were giving malicious advice out of badness. I did say I wasn't claiming to be a medical expert of any kind, and was just relating the story of the relative of a friend who has defied the doctors predictions to stay alive, and possibly recover from a "terminal" diagnosis. I was trying to give some hope to @Cyclefree, who seemed very down. I am pleased to read the conclusion of that Science Direct article
There are some odd people on here
I did not read Cyclefree's posts - I am assuming that she disclosed very difficult medical prognoses.
Without wishing to upset or anger anyone, especially Cyclefree, I remain very firmly of the view that if a body can get cancer (or any illness) when certain stimuli are applied, it can also reverse cancer when those are reversed. To believe otherwise would be unscientific.
All the very best Cyclefree.
Bodies are weird and difficult to predict things. Advanced cancers can go into remission, but it is exceedingly unlikely. New treatments can be successful, and that is a bit more likely. My aunt was given a few months to live in 2018, but is fortunately still with us and doing fairly well. I hope for the same for other cancer sufferers and we have made big strides in treating cancer over my professional lifetime. (My first proper job was for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, as then was,)
Hope is important for people facing difficult prognoses. However, remember that false hope can also be damaging.
My friend’s brother is taking ivermectin behind the doctors back, so is still having chemo. Perhaps the chemo is what’s killing the cancer, but that raises the question of why they gave him six months to live.
Anyway, as I said, I just wanted to share a positive story to Cyclefree. I wasn’t trying to con her into having false hope. I’m not on an earner if people buy ivermectin, I don’t even know what it is!
The occasion when, having enjoyed a wine enema, Kenneth Tynan thought "let's try that, but with vodka" springs to mind. I can't find the diary entry online, but it didn't go well.
Reducing social media use decreases loneliness regardless of gender or level of social comparisons in youth with anxiety and depression: A randomized controlled trial
Loneliness and feeling socially isolated is especially problematic in youth experiencing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Social media use (SMU) was designed to promote social connection, but correlational studies suggest it is often associated with greater loneliness and mental health problems, with girls and those who engage in more frequent upward social comparisons being more negatively impacted by SMU. However, experimental studies are needed to gain insights into causality, especially in a vulnerable population of youth with affective distress. The present study experimentally investigated the effects of voluntarily reducing SMU to 1 h/day on loneliness, and whether intervention effects were moderated by gender and/or baseline levels of social comparisons in youth with pre-existing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. After completing a baseline survey and providing daily screenshots of SMU for one week, 260 participants were randomly assigned to an intervention (reduce SMU to 1 h/day) or control group (no SMU restriction) for the next three weeks. A total of 219 participants completed the study and were included for analysis. Mixed models indicated a significant group x time interaction whereby the intervention group showed significantly greater reductions in loneliness compared to controls (β = −0.11, 95% CI [−0.21, −0.005]). However, neither gender (β = 0.23, 95% CI [−0.16, 0.63]) nor baseline social comparison (β = −0.04, 95% CI [−0.24, 0.15]) moderated these intervention effects. These findings suggest that reducing SMU may represent an important intervention component in a comprehensive approach to combating loneliness among a vulnerable population of youth presenting with affective distress.
I found this article yesterday after you had said ivermectin had no effect on cancer, but didn’t link to it as I thought sciencedirect would turn out to be some kind of site for quacks!
Someone flagged my post, as if I were giving malicious advice out of badness. I did say I wasn't claiming to be a medical expert of any kind, and was just relating the story of the relative of a friend who has defied the doctors predictions to stay alive, and possibly recover from a "terminal" diagnosis. I was trying to give some hope to @Cyclefree, who seemed very down. I am pleased to read the conclusion of that Science Direct article
There are some odd people on here
I did not read Cyclefree's posts - I am assuming that she disclosed very difficult medical prognoses.
Without wishing to upset or anger anyone, especially Cyclefree, I remain very firmly of the view that if a body can get cancer (or any illness) when certain stimuli are applied, it can also reverse cancer when those are reversed. To believe otherwise would be unscientific.
All the very best Cyclefree.
Bodies are weird and difficult to predict things. Advanced cancers can go into remission, but it is exceedingly unlikely. New treatments can be successful, and that is a bit more likely. My aunt was given a few months to live in 2018, but is fortunately still with us and doing fairly well. I hope for the same for other cancer sufferers and we have made big strides in treating cancer over my professional lifetime. (My first proper job was for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, as then was,)
Hope is important for people facing difficult prognoses. However, remember that false hope can also be damaging.
My friend’s brother is taking ivermectin behind the doctors back, so is still having chemo. Perhaps the chemo is what’s killing the cancer, but that raises the question of why they gave him six months to live.
Anyway, as I said, I just wanted to share a positive story to Cyclefree. I wasn’t trying to con her into having false hope. I’m not on an earner if people buy ivermectin, I don’t even know what it is!
Not only I am voting Labour at the next election I am joining the Labour Party, this has won me over.
‘Disrespectful’ Labour drops HM title from Government communications
Rebrand raises ‘serious questions’ about Labour’s attitude towards monarchy, Tories say
Labour has been accused of disrespecting the King after the HM title was dropped from official Government communications.
In a controversial rebrand, the Government now refers to itself as the UK Government, rather than HM Government.
The Tories accused Labour of trying to “quietly obliterate tradition”, pledging to reverse the move if they returned to power.
Previous guidelines from the Government Communication Service stated that HM Government should always be used in official branding “unless there is a specific reason not to”.
But Labour changed the rules, making UK Government the new “primary identity” of its branding.
I'm not about to throw a strop about it, but with these kind of rebrands I'm somewhat at a loss as to whether anyone was confused by it to necessitate a change.
Does SKS still bother to meet the King every week or has that gone too, I wonder.
I think that transitioned to phone calls years ago.
It was phone calls during the pandemic, I believe.
Was that because Bozza was too pissed to stagger to the Palace?
Do other countries with ornamental constitutional monarchies get their PM to do a weekly consultation or is it just the UK?
This is your occasional reminder that Boris caught COVID and nearly died.
Not only I am voting Labour at the next election I am joining the Labour Party, this has won me over.
‘Disrespectful’ Labour drops HM title from Government communications
Rebrand raises ‘serious questions’ about Labour’s attitude towards monarchy, Tories say
Labour has been accused of disrespecting the King after the HM title was dropped from official Government communications.
In a controversial rebrand, the Government now refers to itself as the UK Government, rather than HM Government.
The Tories accused Labour of trying to “quietly obliterate tradition”, pledging to reverse the move if they returned to power.
Previous guidelines from the Government Communication Service stated that HM Government should always be used in official branding “unless there is a specific reason not to”.
But Labour changed the rules, making UK Government the new “primary identity” of its branding.
I'm not about to throw a strop about it, but with these kind of rebrands I'm somewhat at a loss as to whether anyone was confused by it to necessitate a change.
Does SKS still bother to meet the King every week or has that gone too, I wonder.
I think that transitioned to phone calls years ago.
It was phone calls during the pandemic, I believe.
Was that because Bozza was too pissed to stagger to the Palace?
Do other countries with ornamental constitutional monarchies get their PM to do a weekly consultation or is it just the UK?
This is your occasional reminder that Boris caught COVID and nearly died.
Which was his own fault for not taking the advised precautions and a hospital bed was reserved specially for him, which probably means that someone else did die. Apologies if I've misunderstood and you were suggesting that he was such a huge infection liability they kept him away from HRH
Reducing social media use decreases loneliness regardless of gender or level of social comparisons in youth with anxiety and depression: A randomized controlled trial
Loneliness and feeling socially isolated is especially problematic in youth experiencing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Social media use (SMU) was designed to promote social connection, but correlational studies suggest it is often associated with greater loneliness and mental health problems, with girls and those who engage in more frequent upward social comparisons being more negatively impacted by SMU. However, experimental studies are needed to gain insights into causality, especially in a vulnerable population of youth with affective distress. The present study experimentally investigated the effects of voluntarily reducing SMU to 1 h/day on loneliness, and whether intervention effects were moderated by gender and/or baseline levels of social comparisons in youth with pre-existing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. After completing a baseline survey and providing daily screenshots of SMU for one week, 260 participants were randomly assigned to an intervention (reduce SMU to 1 h/day) or control group (no SMU restriction) for the next three weeks. A total of 219 participants completed the study and were included for analysis. Mixed models indicated a significant group x time interaction whereby the intervention group showed significantly greater reductions in loneliness compared to controls (β = −0.11, 95% CI [−0.21, −0.005]). However, neither gender (β = 0.23, 95% CI [−0.16, 0.63]) nor baseline social comparison (β = −0.04, 95% CI [−0.24, 0.15]) moderated these intervention effects. These findings suggest that reducing SMU may represent an important intervention component in a comprehensive approach to combating loneliness among a vulnerable population of youth presenting with affective distress.
I found this article yesterday after you had said ivermectin had no effect on cancer, but didn’t link to it as I thought sciencedirect would turn out to be some kind of site for quacks!
Someone flagged my post, as if I were giving malicious advice out of badness. I did say I wasn't claiming to be a medical expert of any kind, and was just relating the story of the relative of a friend who has defied the doctors predictions to stay alive, and possibly recover from a "terminal" diagnosis. I was trying to give some hope to @Cyclefree, who seemed very down. I am pleased to read the conclusion of that Science Direct article
There are some odd people on here
I did not read Cyclefree's posts - I am assuming that she disclosed very difficult medical prognoses.
Without wishing to upset or anger anyone, especially Cyclefree, I remain very firmly of the view that if a body can get cancer (or any illness) when certain stimuli are applied, it can also reverse cancer when those are reversed. To believe otherwise would be unscientific.
All the very best Cyclefree.
Bodies are weird and difficult to predict things. Advanced cancers can go into remission, but it is exceedingly unlikely. New treatments can be successful, and that is a bit more likely. My aunt was given a few months to live in 2018, but is fortunately still with us and doing fairly well. I hope for the same for other cancer sufferers and we have made big strides in treating cancer over my professional lifetime. (My first proper job was for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, as then was,)
Hope is important for people facing difficult prognoses. However, remember that false hope can also be damaging.
My friend’s brother is taking ivermectin behind the doctors back, so is still having chemo. Perhaps the chemo is what’s killing the cancer, but that raises the question of why they gave him six months to live.
Anyway, as I said, I just wanted to share a positive story to Cyclefree. I wasn’t trying to con her into having false hope. I’m not on an earner if people buy ivermectin, I don’t even know what it is!
In reality Kemi would become PM because of tactical voting by centrists.
Of course she wouldn't.
Why would left leaning Centrists vote for a party who's leader has just told Centrists they are not welcome, and Badenoch doesn't want their vote. A vote they are unlikely to lend to a Reform -lite alternative.
On those numbers Reform are home and hosed and Badenoch becomes Nick Clegg to Farage's Cameron.
Reducing social media use decreases loneliness regardless of gender or level of social comparisons in youth with anxiety and depression: A randomized controlled trial
Loneliness and feeling socially isolated is especially problematic in youth experiencing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Social media use (SMU) was designed to promote social connection, but correlational studies suggest it is often associated with greater loneliness and mental health problems, with girls and those who engage in more frequent upward social comparisons being more negatively impacted by SMU. However, experimental studies are needed to gain insights into causality, especially in a vulnerable population of youth with affective distress. The present study experimentally investigated the effects of voluntarily reducing SMU to 1 h/day on loneliness, and whether intervention effects were moderated by gender and/or baseline levels of social comparisons in youth with pre-existing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. After completing a baseline survey and providing daily screenshots of SMU for one week, 260 participants were randomly assigned to an intervention (reduce SMU to 1 h/day) or control group (no SMU restriction) for the next three weeks. A total of 219 participants completed the study and were included for analysis. Mixed models indicated a significant group x time interaction whereby the intervention group showed significantly greater reductions in loneliness compared to controls (β = −0.11, 95% CI [−0.21, −0.005]). However, neither gender (β = 0.23, 95% CI [−0.16, 0.63]) nor baseline social comparison (β = −0.04, 95% CI [−0.24, 0.15]) moderated these intervention effects. These findings suggest that reducing SMU may represent an important intervention component in a comprehensive approach to combating loneliness among a vulnerable population of youth presenting with affective distress.
I found this article yesterday after you had said ivermectin had no effect on cancer, but didn’t link to it as I thought sciencedirect would turn out to be some kind of site for quacks!
Someone flagged my post, as if I were giving malicious advice out of badness. I did say I wasn't claiming to be a medical expert of any kind, and was just relating the story of the relative of a friend who has defied the doctors predictions to stay alive, and possibly recover from a "terminal" diagnosis. I was trying to give some hope to @Cyclefree, who seemed very down. I am pleased to read the conclusion of that Science Direct article
There are some odd people on here
I did not read Cyclefree's posts - I am assuming that she disclosed very difficult medical prognoses.
Without wishing to upset or anger anyone, especially Cyclefree, I remain very firmly of the view that if a body can get cancer (or any illness) when certain stimuli are applied, it can also reverse cancer when those are reversed. To believe otherwise would be unscientific.
All the very best Cyclefree.
Bodies are weird and difficult to predict things. Advanced cancers can go into remission, but it is exceedingly unlikely. New treatments can be successful, and that is a bit more likely. My aunt was given a few months to live in 2018, but is fortunately still with us and doing fairly well. I hope for the same for other cancer sufferers and we have made big strides in treating cancer over my professional lifetime. (My first proper job was for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, as then was,)
Hope is important for people facing difficult prognoses. However, remember that false hope can also be damaging.
My friend’s brother is taking ivermectin behind the doctors back, so is still having chemo. Perhaps the chemo is what’s killing the cancer, but that raises the question of why they gave him six months to live.
Anyway, as I said, I just wanted to share a positive story to Cyclefree. I wasn’t trying to con her into having false hope. I’m not on an earner if people buy ivermectin, I don’t even know what it is!
Visiting him on day release! Not even after having paid his debt to society, but part way through!
“Peter will be staying at 71 st over weekend,” wrote Mr. Epstein, who at the time was allowed after his conviction to leave his cell during the day and work from his office. “Do you want to organize either you, or you and jamie, quietly…up to you.”
Comfortable Plaid win in Pembrokeshire, Reform not competitive this time, everyone ekse in a nice little bunch really with the LDs perhaps regaining a bit of that old Ceredigion shine in second
Fishguard North East (Pembrokeshire) Council By-Election Result:
Good God. A night of whiny, grumpy PB Tories. Come on lads you've just taken your first big win since December 2019. "Look 'appy you stupid bastards! We won didn't we?"*
* With thanks to the Italian Job.
Its laughable that anyone is likely to.pay attention to such a trail . and more unlikely anyone likely to be tuned in desperate to find out. I will be walking my dog. She has about as much interest as me.
It is a well known facts that all dogs love LibDem politicians. Even if they couldn't eat a whole one.
Comfortable Plaid win in Pembrokeshire, Reform not competitive this time, everyone ekse in a nice little bunch really with the LDs perhaps regaining a bit of that old Ceredigion shine in second
Fishguard North East (Pembrokeshire) Council By-Election Result:
Reducing social media use decreases loneliness regardless of gender or level of social comparisons in youth with anxiety and depression: A randomized controlled trial
Loneliness and feeling socially isolated is especially problematic in youth experiencing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Social media use (SMU) was designed to promote social connection, but correlational studies suggest it is often associated with greater loneliness and mental health problems, with girls and those who engage in more frequent upward social comparisons being more negatively impacted by SMU. However, experimental studies are needed to gain insights into causality, especially in a vulnerable population of youth with affective distress. The present study experimentally investigated the effects of voluntarily reducing SMU to 1 h/day on loneliness, and whether intervention effects were moderated by gender and/or baseline levels of social comparisons in youth with pre-existing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. After completing a baseline survey and providing daily screenshots of SMU for one week, 260 participants were randomly assigned to an intervention (reduce SMU to 1 h/day) or control group (no SMU restriction) for the next three weeks. A total of 219 participants completed the study and were included for analysis. Mixed models indicated a significant group x time interaction whereby the intervention group showed significantly greater reductions in loneliness compared to controls (β = −0.11, 95% CI [−0.21, −0.005]). However, neither gender (β = 0.23, 95% CI [−0.16, 0.63]) nor baseline social comparison (β = −0.04, 95% CI [−0.24, 0.15]) moderated these intervention effects. These findings suggest that reducing SMU may represent an important intervention component in a comprehensive approach to combating loneliness among a vulnerable population of youth presenting with affective distress.
I found this article yesterday after you had said ivermectin had no effect on cancer, but didn’t link to it as I thought sciencedirect would turn out to be some kind of site for quacks!
Someone flagged my post, as if I were giving malicious advice out of badness. I did say I wasn't claiming to be a medical expert of any kind, and was just relating the story of the relative of a friend who has defied the doctors predictions to stay alive, and possibly recover from a "terminal" diagnosis. I was trying to give some hope to @Cyclefree, who seemed very down. I am pleased to read the conclusion of that Science Direct article
There are some odd people on here
I did not read Cyclefree's posts - I am assuming that she disclosed very difficult medical prognoses.
Without wishing to upset or anger anyone, especially Cyclefree, I remain very firmly of the view that if a body can get cancer (or any illness) when certain stimuli are applied, it can also reverse cancer when those are reversed. To believe otherwise would be unscientific.
All the very best Cyclefree.
It’s can’t really “reverse cancer” but where the stimuli are removed you can get PFS (progression free survival). You then combine this with surgery to remove exant tumours and you are in good shape.
... he added: “My perspective from being a major employer in this country is that far fewer people are at work than they could be. This means instead of investing in parts of national life that might stimulate investment and growth into the wider economy, we are spending an ever increasing proportion of our national income on our out-of-work benefits.
“We have been sleepwalking into a quiet epidemic that is keeping millions of people out of work,” Prasad said.
Prasad did not say what out of work benefits he was referring to in his claims. The government has said the number of people claiming health-related benefits that enable them not to work has increased by 800,000 since 2019-20, while the number claiming a personal independence payment (Pip) to help cover the additional living costs of their disability is forecast to double this decade from 2 million to 4.3 million.
However, Pip is not an out-of-work benefit, and economists have pointed out that overall out-of-work benefits have not risen.
Reducing social media use decreases loneliness regardless of gender or level of social comparisons in youth with anxiety and depression: A randomized controlled trial
Loneliness and feeling socially isolated is especially problematic in youth experiencing anxiety and depressive symptoms. Social media use (SMU) was designed to promote social connection, but correlational studies suggest it is often associated with greater loneliness and mental health problems, with girls and those who engage in more frequent upward social comparisons being more negatively impacted by SMU. However, experimental studies are needed to gain insights into causality, especially in a vulnerable population of youth with affective distress. The present study experimentally investigated the effects of voluntarily reducing SMU to 1 h/day on loneliness, and whether intervention effects were moderated by gender and/or baseline levels of social comparisons in youth with pre-existing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. After completing a baseline survey and providing daily screenshots of SMU for one week, 260 participants were randomly assigned to an intervention (reduce SMU to 1 h/day) or control group (no SMU restriction) for the next three weeks. A total of 219 participants completed the study and were included for analysis. Mixed models indicated a significant group x time interaction whereby the intervention group showed significantly greater reductions in loneliness compared to controls (β = −0.11, 95% CI [−0.21, −0.005]). However, neither gender (β = 0.23, 95% CI [−0.16, 0.63]) nor baseline social comparison (β = −0.04, 95% CI [−0.24, 0.15]) moderated these intervention effects. These findings suggest that reducing SMU may represent an important intervention component in a comprehensive approach to combating loneliness among a vulnerable population of youth presenting with affective distress.
I found this article yesterday after you had said ivermectin had no effect on cancer, but didn’t link to it as I thought sciencedirect would turn out to be some kind of site for quacks!
Someone flagged my post, as if I were giving malicious advice out of badness. I did say I wasn't claiming to be a medical expert of any kind, and was just relating the story of the relative of a friend who has defied the doctors predictions to stay alive, and possibly recover from a "terminal" diagnosis. I was trying to give some hope to @Cyclefree, who seemed very down. I am pleased to read the conclusion of that Science Direct article
There are some odd people on here
I did not read Cyclefree's posts - I am assuming that she disclosed very difficult medical prognoses.
Without wishing to upset or anger anyone, especially Cyclefree, I remain very firmly of the view that if a body can get cancer (or any illness) when certain stimuli are applied, it can also reverse cancer when those are reversed. To believe otherwise would be unscientific.
All the very best Cyclefree.
Bodies are weird and difficult to predict things. Advanced cancers can go into remission, but it is exceedingly unlikely. New treatments can be successful, and that is a bit more likely. My aunt was given a few months to live in 2018, but is fortunately still with us and doing fairly well. I hope for the same for other cancer sufferers and we have made big strides in treating cancer over my professional lifetime. (My first proper job was for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, as then was,)
Hope is important for people facing difficult prognoses. However, remember that false hope can also be damaging.
My friend’s brother is taking ivermectin behind the doctors back, so is still having chemo. Perhaps the chemo is what’s killing the cancer, but that raises the question of why they gave him six months to live.
Anyway, as I said, I just wanted to share a positive story to Cyclefree. I wasn’t trying to con her into having false hope. I’m not on an earner if people buy ivermectin, I don’t even know what it is!
It’s a generic parasiticide for livestock and a dewormer in dogs.
People talk about it because there was a shaky trial in Covid that appeared to show improvement.
How on further investigation it turned out that the trial was in India and that many of the patients who improved had undiagnosed parasitic infestations…
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Do other countries with ornamental constitutional monarchies get their PM to do a weekly consultation or is it just the UK?
Apologies if I've misunderstood and you were suggesting that he was such a huge infection liability they kept him away from HRH
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/10/uk-sleepwalking-into-joblessness-epidemic-tesco-boss-unemployment
Why would left leaning Centrists vote for a party who's leader has just told Centrists they are not welcome, and Badenoch doesn't want their vote. A vote they are unlikely to lend to a Reform -lite alternative.
On those numbers Reform are home and hosed and Badenoch becomes Nick Clegg to Farage's Cameron.
https://www.nytimes.com/
“Peter will be staying at 71 st over weekend,” wrote Mr. Epstein, who at the time was allowed after his conviction to leave his cell during the day and work from his office. “Do you want to organize either you, or you and jamie, quietly…up to you.”
... he added: “My perspective from being a major employer in this country is that far fewer people are at work than they could be. This means instead of investing in parts of national life that might stimulate investment and growth into the wider economy, we are spending an ever increasing proportion of our national income on our out-of-work benefits.
“We have been sleepwalking into a quiet epidemic that is keeping millions of people out of work,” Prasad said.
Prasad did not say what out of work benefits he was referring to in his claims. The government has said the number of people claiming health-related benefits that enable them not to work has increased by 800,000 since 2019-20, while the number claiming a personal independence payment (Pip) to help cover the additional living costs of their disability is forecast to double this decade from 2 million to 4.3 million.
However, Pip is not an out-of-work benefit, and economists have pointed out that overall out-of-work benefits have not risen.
People talk about it because there was a shaky trial in Covid that appeared to show improvement.
How on further investigation it turned out that the trial was in India and that many of the patients who improved had undiagnosed parasitic infestations…